St. Mary 's Catholic Church is a Catholic Church located near Bryantown , Maryland . Formed in 1793 , it is surrounded by a cemetery which is most notably the final resting spot of Dr. Samuel Mudd , a physician who set the leg of John Wilkes Booth the day after U.S. President Lincoln 's assassination on April 14 , 1865 . As such , it is a stop on the Booth 's Escape Scenic Byway
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St. Mary's Catholic Church (Bryantown, Maryland)