A pair of well-traveled chairs with purported ties to Abraham Lincoln have recently made their way home to DeWitt County.

 

Joey Woolridge, Director of the DeWitt County Museum, explains that a family recently donated a pair of chairs to the C.H. Moore Homestead that have been passed down for generations.  According to family legend, the chairs originated from a now defunct hotel in Clinton that was visited many times by Abraham Lincoln.  Woolridge says from there the chairs have been across the country.

 

 

 

Woolridge admits that it's almost impossible to prove the nation's 16th President actually sat in the chairs, but she says passing on the story of the chairs is crucial.

 

 

 

These "Lincoln Chairs" join several others in the DeWitt County museum.  Woolridge says early details are starting to come together for an event in the near future to show off all of the collection.

 

 

 

In the meantime, the new Lincoln Chairs are being put on display inside the C.H. Moore Homestead.  You can learn more about the DeWitt County Museum at chmooreshomestead.org.