Editing Samuel Dexter (section)

== Death and legacy ==
Dexter died at the age of fifty-four in [[Athens, New York]] on May 4, 1816, ten days shy of his fifty-fifth birthday. He was buried at [[Mount Auburn Cemetery]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]].<ref name=":3" />

[[Simon Newton Dexter]] and [[Andrew Dexter Jr.]] were his nephews.

[[Samuel W. Dexter House#Samuel William Dexter|Samuel W. Dexter]], founder of [[Dexter, Michigan]], was his son.

Samuel Dexter is the namesake of [[Dexter, Maine]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n104 105]}}</ref> The [[USRC Dexter (1830)]] was named in his honor.