He died as a result of being accidentally shot while in military service in the Civil War.
Sources
Lois Crabtree Johnson, Descendants of John Crabtree, immigrant to Boston, Mass., filed in the Daly Library. Excerpts at www.dalyclan.org/page4/sscrab/sscrab-o/p12.htm
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Samuel by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Samuel: