Samuel went to California as a young man and according to census records worked on large commercial farms. He never married.
Sources
United States Census, 1880, Missouri, Knox County, Center Township, family 119, p. 647A.
United States Census, 1900, California, Solano County, Vacaville, family #97, p. 5A.
California Death Certificate Index 1940-1997, At Familysearch.org and RootsWeb-World Connect.com.
Tombstone inscription, Sunset Lawn Chapel and Memorial Park, Sacramento, California. Find A Grave: Memorial #165177378.
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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 ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
Daniel Bly :
Y-Chromosome Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-M269
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Samuel: