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Samuel Alexander Mudd, I (December 20, 1833 – January 10, 1883) was a Maryland doctor implicated and imprisoned for aiding John Wilkes Booth in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Samuel Mudd (19th century photograph) This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... December 20 is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1833 (MDCCCXXXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Charles County is a county in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Maryland. ... January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Waldorf is an unincorporated community in Charles County, Maryland. ... December 20 is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1833 (MDCCCXXXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Official language(s) None (English, de facto) Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Area Ranked 42nd - Total 12,407 sq mi (32,133 kmÂ²) - Width 90 miles (145 km) - Length 249 miles (400 km) - % water 21 - Latitude 37Â°53N to 39Â°43N - Longitude 75Â°4W to 79Â°33... John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 â€“ April 26, 1865) was an American actor from Maryland, who fatally shot President of the United States Abraham Lincoln at Fords Theatre in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865. ... The presidential seal was first used in 1880 by President Rutherford B. Hayes and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ... For other uses, see Abraham Lincoln (disambiguation). ...

Early years

Born in Charles County, Maryland, he was the fourth of ten children of Henry Lowe Mudd and his wife, Sarah Ann Reeves. His father owned a large plantation called "Oak Hill," which was approximately 30 miles (48 kilometres) from downtown Washington, DC. Charles County is a county in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Maryland. ... Official language(s) None (English, de facto) Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Area Ranked 42nd - Total 12,407 sq mi (32,133 kmÂ²) - Width 90 miles (145 km) - Length 249 miles (400 km) - % water 21 - Latitude 37Â°53N to 39Â°43N - Longitude 75Â°4W to 79Â°33... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United...

The Mudd family valued education highly. At 15, after several years of home-schooling, Sam Mudd attended boarding school at St. John’s College in Frederick City, Maryland. After two years, he attended Georgetown College in Washington, D.C. He then studied medicine as a student in the University of Maryland Medical Department, in Baltimore. He wrote his graduation thesis on dysentery. Upon graduation in 1856, he returned to his Charles County home to practice medicine. The following year in 1857 he married his childhood sweetheart Sarah Frances Dyer Mudd, who was known by family and friends as “Frankie” or “Frank”, nicknames for Frances. 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

As a wedding present, Dr. Mudd's father, Henry Lowe Mudd, gave his son 218 acres of his best farmland, known as St. Catherine’s, and built a new house for his son on the property. While the house was being built, Dr. and Mrs. Mudd lived with Jeremiah Dyer, Mrs. Mudd’s bachelor brother. In 1859, Dr. and Mrs. Mudd moved into their new home. They had the following children: Year 1859 (MDCCCLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

To supplement the income of a newly minted doctor, Sam Mudd became a tobacco grower and slave owner like his father, albeit on a much smaller scale. According to the 1860 U.S. Slave Census, Dr. Mudd had five slaves, and his father 61 slaves. Before his imprisonment in 1865, Dr. and Mrs. Mudd had four children. They had five more after he returned home in 1869. 1858 (MDCCCLVIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Civil War began in 1861, just two years after Dr. Mudd and his wife moved onto their new farm. The Southern Maryland slave system and the economy it supported began to rapidly collapse. Slaves began to run away to freedom in Washington D.C. and other northern cities. In 1863, the Union Army established Camp Stanton only 10 miles from the Mudd farm to enlist free and run-away slaves. Six regiments totaling over 8,700 African-American soldiers, many from Southern Maryland, were trained at Camp Stanton. In 1864, Maryland, which was exempt from Lincoln's 1863 Emancipation Proclamation, abolished slavery on its own. With the end of slavery in Maryland, farmers like Dr. Mudd could not find field hands to plant and harvest their crops. As a result, Dr. Mudd thought about selling his farm and setting up a medical practice near Benedict, Maryland. As he pondered what to do, Dr. Mudd was introduced to someone who said he might be interested in buying his property, a 26 year-old actor by the name of John Wilkes Booth. 1861 (MDCCCLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar) // January 1 - Benito JuÃ¡rez captures Mexico City January 2 - Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia dies and is succeeded by... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... Year 1863 (MDCCCLXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Languages Predominantly American English Religions Protestantism (chiefly Baptist and Methodist); Roman Catholicism; Islam Related ethnic groups Sub-Saharan Africans and other African groups, some with Native American groups. ... Year 1863 (MDCCCLXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

Booth Connection

Most historians agree that the well-known actor John Wilkes Booth visited Bryantown, Maryland in November and December 1864, allegedly to look for real estate investments. Bryantown is about 25 miles from Washington, D.C., and about 5 miles from Dr. Mudd’s farm. The real estate story was just a cover. Booth’s real purpose was to investigate the area as part of an escape route in a bizarre plan to kidnap President Lincoln. Booth thought the Federal Government would ransom Lincoln by releasing a large number of Confederate prisoners, military manpower sorely needed by the Confederate army. Historians agree that Booth was introduced to Dr. Mudd at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Bryantown during one of those visits, probably the November visit. Booth visited Dr. Mudd at his farm the next day, and stayed there overnight. The following day, Booth purchased a horse from Dr. Mudd’s neighbor and returned to Washington. Some historians believe that Booth used his visit to Bryantown to recruit Dr. Mudd to his kidnap plot, while others believe that Dr. Mudd would have had no interest in such a bizarre scheme. John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 â€“ April 26, 1865) was an American actor from Maryland, who fatally shot President of the United States Abraham Lincoln at Fords Theatre in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865. ...

A short time later, on December 23, 1864, Dr. Mudd went to Washington where he met Booth a second time. Some historians believe it was a pre-arranged meeting. Others believe it was an accidental meeting. Whatever the case, the two men, plus John Surratt and Louis J. Weichmann, had a conversation and drinks together, first at Booth’s hotel, and later at Mudd’s. The third and last time Dr. Mudd saw Booth was when Booth sought medical assistance at the Mudd farm after the assassination. John Surratt, in Zouave uniform John Surratt (April 13, 1844 - April 21, 1916), son of Mary Surratt, was accused of plotting to kidnap U.S. president Abraham Lincoln. ... Louis J. Weichmann (September 29, 1842 â€“ June 5, 1902) was one of the chief witnesses for the prosecution in the conspiracy trial of the Abraham Lincoln assassination. ...

After Booth shot President Lincoln on April 14, 1865, he broke his left leg while fleeing Ford's Theater. Booth met up with David Herold and together they made for Virginia via Southern Maryland. They stopped at Mudd's house at around four o'clock in the morning on April 15. Mudd set, splinted and bandaged Booth's broken leg, and arranged for a carpenter, John Best, to make a pair of crutches for Booth. "I had no proper paste-board for making splints..so..I..took a piece of bandbox and split it in half, doubled it at right angles, and took some paste and pasted it into a splint". Booth and Herold would spend between twelve and fifteen hours at Mudd's house. They slept in the front bedroom on the second floor. April 14 is the 104th day of the year (105th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 261 days remaining. ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... Fords Theatre in the 19th century Fords Theatre in Washington, D.C. was the site of the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865. ... David Herold, Washington Navy Yard, 1865 Execution of the four persons condemned as conspirators (Mary E. Surratt, Lewis T. Powell, David E. Herold, and George A. Atzerodt), July 7, 1865, at Fort McNair in Washington, D.C. David Edgar Herold (16 June 1842 â€“ 7 July 1865) conspired with John Wilkes... April 15 is the 105th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (106th in leap years). ...

By noon, the news of the President's assassination had reached Bryantown, and of Booth's complicity in it as well. Dr. Mudd went to Bryantown during the day on April 15 to run errands; if he did not already know the news of the assassination from Booth, he certainly learned of it on this trip. He returned home that evening, and accounts differ as to whether he came home shortly after Booth and Herold had left, or he met them as they were leaving, or they left at his urging and with his assistance.

Whichever is true, he did not immediately contact the authorities. When questioned, he stated that he had not wanted to leave his family alone in the house lest the assassins return and find him absent and his family unprotected. He waited until Mass the following day, Easter Sunday, when he asked his second cousin, Dr. George Mudd — a resident of Bryantown — to notify the 13th New York Cavalry in Bryantown under the command of Lieutenant David Dana. This delay in contacting the authorities drew suspicion and was a significant factor in tying Mudd to the conspiracy. Easter (also called Pascha) is generally accounted the most important holiday of the Christian year, observed March or April each year to celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus from the dead (after his death by crucifixion; see Good Friday), which Christians believe happened at about this time of year, almost two...

Dr. Mudd gave a sworn statement to the investigating detectives. In it, he told about Booth's visit to Bryantown in November 1864, but then said "I have never seen Booth since that time to my knowledge until last Saturday morning." He deliberately hid the fact of his meeting with Booth in Washington in December 1864. In prison, Dr. Mudd belatedly admitted the Washington meeting, saying he ran into Booth by chance during a Christmas shopping trip. Dr. Mudd’s failure to mention the meeting in his sworn statement to detectives was a big mistake. When Louis Weichman later told the authorities of this meeting, they realized Dr. Mudd had misled them, and immediately began to treat him as a suspect rather than a witness. During the conspiracy trial, Lieutanant Alexander Lovett testified that "On Friday, the 21st of April, I went to Dr. Mudd's again, for the purpose of arresting him. When he found we were going to search the house, he said something to his wife, and she went up stairs and brought down a boot. Mudd said he had cut it off the man's leg. I turned down the top of the boot, and saw the name 'J. Wilkes' written in it."

Trial and imprisonment

After Booth's death (April 26, 1865), Mudd was arrested and charged with conspiracy to murder Abraham Lincoln. Image File history File links Fj4wiki. ... Image File history File links Fj4wiki. ... April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (117th in leap years). ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... In the criminal law, a conspiracy is an agreement between natural persons to break the law at some time in the future, and, in some cases, with at least one overt act in furtherance of that agreement. ...

On May 1, 1865, President Andrew Johnson ordered the formation of a nine-man military commission to try the conspirators. Mudd was represented by General Thomas Ewing, Jr.. The trial began on May 10, 1865. Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, George Atzerodt, David Herold, Samuel Mudd, Michael O'Laughlen, Edmund Spangler and Samuel Arnold were all charged with conspiring to murder Lincoln. May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 â€“ July 31, 1875) was the seventeenth President of the United States (1865â€“1869), succeeding to the presidency upon the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. ... Thomas Ewing, Jr. ... May 10 is the 130th day of the year (131st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Mary Surratt Mary Elizabeth Eugenia Jenkins Surratt (May/June 1823 in Waterloo, Maryland, USA â€“ July 7, 1865 in Washington, D.C), was a member of the Abraham Lincoln assassination conspiracy and the first woman executed by the United States federal government, for her role in the conspiracy. ... Notable people with the name Lewis Powell include: Lewis Powell, one of the conspirators hanged for the assassination of United States President Abraham Lincoln. ... George Atzerodt George Andreas Atzerodt (June 12, 1835 â€“ July 7, 1865)[1][2] was a U.S. conspirator with John Wilkes Booth. ... David Herold, Washington Navy Yard, 1865 Execution of the four persons condemned as conspirators (Mary E. Surratt, Lewis T. Powell, David E. Herold, and George A. Atzerodt), July 7, 1865, at Fort McNair in Washington, D.C. David Edgar Herold (16 June 1842 â€“ 7 July 1865) conspired with John Wilkes... Michael OLaughlen after his arrest for conspiracy in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. ... Edman Spangler (August 10, 1825â€“February 7, 1875), also known as Edmund, Edward, and Ned Spangler, was originally from York, Pennsylvania, but he spent the majority of his life in the Baltimore, Maryland area. ... Samuel Arnold Samuel Bland Arnold (September 6, 1838-September 21, 1906) was involved in the group to kidnap President Abraham Lincoln in 1865. ...

On June 29, 1865, Mudd was found guilty with the others. The testimony of Louis J. Weichmann was crucial in procuring the convictions. Mudd escaped the death penalty by one vote and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Four of the defendants, Surratt, Powell, Atzerodt and Herold were hanged at the Old Penitentiary at the Washington Arsenal on July 7, 1865. Mudd, O'Laughlen, Arnold and Spangler were imprisoned at Fort Jefferson located in the Dry Tortugas about 70 miles west of Key West, Florida. The fort was used to house Union Army deserters and held about six hundred prisoners when Mudd and the others arrived. Prisoners lived on the second tier of the fort, in unfinished open-air gun rooms called casemates. Dr. Mudd and his three companions lived in the casemate directly above the fort's main entrance, called the Sally Port. June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 185 days remaining. ... Louis J. Weichmann (September 29, 1842 â€“ June 5, 1902) was one of the chief witnesses for the prosecution in the conspiracy trial of the Abraham Lincoln assassination. ... Capital punishment, or the death penalty, is the execution of a convicted criminal by the state as punishment for crimes known as capital crimes or capital offences. ... Hanging is the suspension of a person by a ligature, usually a cord wrapped around the neck, causing death. ... July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 177 days remaining. ... Dry Tortugas National Park preserves Fort Jefferson and the Dry Tortugas section of the Florida Keys. ... Dry Tortugas location in Florida Dry Tortugas overview map Dry Tortugas detail map Dry Tortugas nautical chart 1:30000 The Dry Tortugas are a small group of islands, located at the end of the Florida Keys, USA, about west of Key West, and west of the Marquesas Keys, at , the... Map of Key West Key West is a city located in Monroe County, Florida. ...

In September 1865, two months after Dr. Mudd arrived, control of Fort Jefferson was transferred from the One Hundred and Sixty-First New York Volunteers to the Eighty-Second United States Colored Infantry. As a recent slave owner and a person convicted of conspiring to kill the president who had freed the slaves, Dr. Mudd was fearful of his treatment by the incoming Eighty-Second United States Colored Infantry. On September 25, 1865, he attempted to escape from Fort Jefferson by stowing away on the transport Thomas A. Scott. He was quickly discovered and placed in the fort's guardhouse. On October 18th, he was transferred along with Samuel Arnold, Michael O’Laughlen, Edman Spangler, and George St. Leger Grenfell to a large empty ground-level gunroom the soldiers referred to as "the dungeon". Dr. Mudd and the others were let out of the dungeon six days a week to work around the fort. On Sundays and holidays they were confined inside. The men wore leg irons while working outside, but the irons were removed when inside the dungeon. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 430 Ã— 600 pixelsFull resolution (754 Ã— 1052 pixel, file size: 849 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Unknown photographer. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 430 Ã— 600 pixelsFull resolution (754 Ã— 1052 pixel, file size: 849 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Unknown photographer. ... George St. ...

After three months in the dungeon, Dr. Mudd and the others were returned to the general prison population. However, because of his attempted escape, Dr. Mudd lost his privilege of working in the prison hospital and was assigned to work in the prison carpentry shop with Edman Spangler.

There was an outbreak of yellow fever in the fall of 1867 at the fort. Michael O'Laughlen eventually died of it on September 23. The prison doctor died and Mudd agreed to take over the position. In this role he was able to help stem the spread of the disease. The soldiers in the fort wrote a petition to President Johnson in October of 1867 stating of Mudd's assistance, " He inspired the hopeless with courage and by his constant presence in the midst of danger and infection....doubtless owe their lives to the care and treatment they received at his hands." Cunt BAg Twat Fuk suck my penis ring 0778851865!!!!!!Year 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Michael OLaughlen after his arrest for conspiracy in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. ... September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). ... Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 â€“ July 31, 1875) was the seventeenth President of the United States (1865â€“1869), succeeding to the presidency upon the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. ... Look up October in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Cunt BAg Twat Fuk suck my penis ring 0778851865!!!!!!Year 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

Probably as a reward for his work in the yellow fever epidemic, Dr. Mudd was reassigned from the carpentry shop to a clerical job in the Provost Marshall's office, where he remained until his pardon.

Career after release

On 8 February 1869, Mudd was pardoned by President Andrew Johnson. He was released from prison on 8 March 1869 and returned home to Maryland on 20 March 1869. On March 1, 1869, three weeks after he pardoned Dr. Mudd, President Johnson also pardoned Edman Spangler and Samuel Arnold. (Michael O'Laughlen had died during the yellow fever epidemic.) This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

When Dr. Mudd returned home, well-wishing friends and strangers, as well as inquiring newspaper reporters, besieged him. Dr. Mudd was very reluctant to talk to the press because he felt they had misquoted him in the past. He gave one interview after his release to the New York Herald, but immediately regretted it. The article contained several factual errors, and he complained that it misrepresented his work at Fort Jefferson during the yellow fever epidemic. On the whole though, he was relieved to find that he continued to enjoy the friendship of his friends and neighbors. Dr. Mudd resumed his medical practice, slowly brought the family farm back to productivity, and became active once again in the life of his community. In 1874, he was elected chief officer of the local farmers association, the Bryantown Grange. Before he went to prison, Dr. and Mrs. Mudd had four children – Andrew, Lillian, Thomas, and Samuel. After prison, they had five more – Henry, Stella, Edward, Rose de Lima, and Mary, known as “Nettie.”

Dr. Mudd always had an interest in politics. While in prison, he stayed abreast of political happenings through the newspapers he was sent. In 1876, seven years after he returned home, he was elected Vice President of the local Democratic Tilden-Hendricks presidential election committee. Tilden lost that year to Republican Rutherford B. Hayes in a hotly disputed election. The next year Dr. Mudd ran as a Democratic candidate for the Maryland House of Delegates, but was defeated by the popular Republican William D. Mitchell.

Dr. Mudd’s ninth child, Mary Eleanor “Nettie” Mudd was born in 1878. That same year, Dr. and Mrs. Mudd temporarily took in a seven-year-old orphan named John Burke. Burke was one of 300 abandoned children sent to Maryland families from the New York City Foundling Asylum run by the Catholic Sisters of Charity. Other local families also took in children. The Burke boy was permanently settled with farmer Ben Jenkins.

In 1880, the Port Tobacco Times reported that Dr. Mudd’s barn containing almost eight thousand pounds of tobacco, two horses, a wagon, and farm implements were destroyed by fire.

Dr. Mudd was just 49 years old when he died of pneumonia on January 10, 1883. He is buried in the cemetery at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Bryantown, the same church where he was introduced to John Wilkes Booth.

Edman Spangler (August 10, 1825â€“February 7, 1875), also known as Edmund, Edward, and Ned Spangler, was originally from York, Pennsylvania, but he spent the majority of his life in the Baltimore, Maryland area. ... Samuel Arnold Samuel Bland Arnold (September 6, 1838-September 21, 1906) was involved in the group to kidnap President Abraham Lincoln in 1865. ...

Trivia

Mudd's life was the subject of a 1936 John Ford-directed film The Prisoner of Shark Island, based on a script by Nunnally Johnson. Another film, entitled The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd, was made in 1980. It starred Dennis Weaver as Mudd, and espoused the point of view that Mudd was innocent of any conspiracy. 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... John Ford (February 1, 1894 â€“ August 31, 1973) was an American film director famous for westerns such as Stagecoach and The Searchers and adaptations of such classic 20th century American novels as The Grapes of Wrath. ... Nunnally Johnson (December 5, 1897 - March 25, 1977) was an American filmmaker who wrote, produced, and directed films. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... William Dennis Weaver (June 4, 1924 â€” February 24, 2006) is an Emmy Award-winning actor and was an American television actor, best known for his roles as sidekick Chester Goode from 1955 to 1964 on TVs first adult Western Gunsmoke, as Marshal Sam McCloud on the NBC police drama...

Mudd's grandson Dr. Richard Mudd tried unsuccessfully to clear his grandfather's name from the stigma of aiding John Wilkes Booth. In 1951, he published The Mudd Family of the United States, an encyclopedic two-volume history of the Mudd family in America, beginning with Thomas Mudd who arrived from England in 1665. A second edition of this work was published in 1969. Dr. Richard Dyer Mudd (January 24, 1901 - May 21, 2002), a centenarian, was the grandson of Samuel Mudd, the doctor who was convicted in aiding John Wilkes Booth upon the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. ...

His cousin, Dr. George Mudd, was also questioned on the whereabouts of John Wilkes Booth. John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 â€“ April 26, 1865) was an American actor from Maryland, who fatally shot President of the United States Abraham Lincoln at Fords Theatre in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865. ...

Samuel Mudd is sometimes mistakenly given as the origin of the phrase "your name is mud", however this phrase has its earliest known recorded instance in 1823, 10 years before his birth and is in fact based an obsolete sense of the word 'mud' meaning 'a stupid twaddling fellow'.[1] [2].

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