Burial unknown, he died about 30 miles from where I live.
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 April 2018), memorial page for Samuel Porter, Jr (1793–4 Jun 1888), Find A Grave Memorial no. 80855338, ; Maintained by Terry Collins (contributor 47215366) Unknown.
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1870 - location: Wayne County, West Virginia - "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZHM-16L : 12 April 2016), Samuel Porter in household of J S Porter, West Virginia, United States; citing p. 16, family 101, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,200.
Possible: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6TC-2PY : 15 July 2017), Samuel Porter in household of John S Porter, Lincoln, Wayne, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 149, sheet 382D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1415; FHL microfilm 1,255,415.
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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: