Background
Baxter, Sylvester was born on February 6, 1850 in W. Yarmouth, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Sylvester and Rosella (Ford) Baxter.
Baxter, Sylvester was born on February 6, 1850 in W. Yarmouth, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Sylvester and Rosella (Ford) Baxter.
Pilgrim ancestry on both sides. Received academic education at Leipzig and Berlin, 1875-1877.
On staff Boston Daily Advertiser, 1871-1875, Boston Herald, 1879-1883, 1887-1905. Editor Mexican Financier, 1883-1884, Outing Magazine, 1885-1886. Special correspondent Boston Advertiser in Germany, 1875-1877, Boston Herald and New York Sun in Mexico, 1883-1884, of Outlook at Pan.-American Conference, Rio de Janeiro, and in Argentina and Uruguay, 1906.
A leading factor in promoting development of Boston’s municipal park system.
As secretary of preliminary Metropolitan Park Common for Greater Boston, 1892-1893, secured (in coöp. with Charles Eliot, its landscape architect) realization of the project Secretary Metropolitan Improvements Committee, 1907-1909.
Ex-chairman Malden Park Commission. Secretary Metropolitan Improvement League.
Mason.
Married Lucia Allen Millet, September 24, 1893.