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Lydia <I>Odell</I> Baxter

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Lydia Odell Baxter

Geburt
Tod
22 Juni 1874 (im Alter von 64)
Bestattung
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Grabstelle
Section G, Lot 19284
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BAXTER, Lydia, poet, born in Petersburg, Rensselaer County, New York. 2 September 1809; died in New York City, 23 January 1874. She was the author of many popular Sunday-school hymns, and published a collection of religious and domestic verses called "Gems by the Wayside" (New York, 1855). She wrote the well-known hymn "The Gates Ajar."

Lydia was an invalid for many years and wrote her hymn 3 years before she died. It was sung in Edinburgh in 1873 when a girl called Maggie Lindsay exclaimed "is it true that the gate is standing ajar for me? ...I will go in" She went through the gate a month later.

INSCRIPTION

John C. Baxter,
May 11, 1807. Jan. 19, 1877.
"In sure hope of blessed immortality."
Lydia Baxter née Odell, his wife
Sept. 2, 1809. June 22, 1874.
Author of "The Gate Ajar." "Precious Name." "By the Gate They'll Meet Us."
BAXTER

BAXTER, Lydia, poet, born in Petersburg, Rensselaer County, New York. 2 September 1809; died in New York City, 23 January 1874. She was the author of many popular Sunday-school hymns, and published a collection of religious and domestic verses called "Gems by the Wayside" (New York, 1855). She wrote the well-known hymn "The Gates Ajar."

Lydia was an invalid for many years and wrote her hymn 3 years before she died. It was sung in Edinburgh in 1873 when a girl called Maggie Lindsay exclaimed "is it true that the gate is standing ajar for me? ...I will go in" She went through the gate a month later.

INSCRIPTION

John C. Baxter,
May 11, 1807. Jan. 19, 1877.
"In sure hope of blessed immortality."
Lydia Baxter née Odell, his wife
Sept. 2, 1809. June 22, 1874.
Author of "The Gate Ajar." "Precious Name." "By the Gate They'll Meet Us."
BAXTER

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  • Erstellt von: BKGeni
  • Hinzugefügt: 21 Apr 2011
  • ID der Find-a-Grave-Gedenkstätte: 68718171
  • Find a Grave, Datenbank und Bilder (https://de.findagrave.com/memorial/68718171/lydia-baxter: aufgerufen ), Gedenkstättenseite für Lydia Odell Baxter (2 Sept 1809–22 Juni 1874), Gedenkstätten-ID bei Find a Grave 68718171, zitierend Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; Verwaltet von BKGeni (Mitwirkender 46895980).