Stone's Trace Historical Society
Stone's Tavern & Stone's Trace Regulators
1861-1865 Union President Abraham & Mary Lincoln
Murray Cox has been portraying Lincoln since 1985, appearing before elementary classrooms and college forums, Boy Scouts pageants and pilgrimages, Worship Services and Sunday School groups, community and patriotic groups, and even a wedding reception. He has been part of the documentaries about Lincoln presenters “Men in Hats”, and “Life as Lincoln.”
Murray tries to inform people of parts of Lincoln’s life which are not widely known, or which may be misunderstood. His goal is for the listener to have a better understanding of the real Abraham Lincoln and his life.
He has also been involved in two different documentaries about Abraham Lincoln presenters. He has spoken on topics such as Lincoln's youth in frontier Indiana, his career as a lawyer in Illinois, as the role of God in the Nation's Life.
Mr. Lincoln will be located in the Civil War area at Stone's Trace Pioneer Festival, on September 6th and 7th, 2025.
Mary Todd Lincoln
Diane Hoskins will have her hand made replica of the 16th First lady’s famous strawberry dress worn in her official portrait of the First Lady in May of 1861 Hoskins spent a great deal of time photographing and memorizing how the dress was made during a trip to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield IL. It took nine weeks to make the dress which cost more than $7,000. (Due to medical issues, she will not be in attendence this year.)