Samuel stayed in Tennessee and married. He farmed the land that had been his father's and he and Clarinda had six children. After Clarinda died in 1869 of unknown causes, Samuel married again to Mary Jane Nelson. Samuel and Mary Jane had four children, which brought the total of Samuel's children to ten.

Samuel farmed and had slaves until the War between the States ended and the slaves were freed. Some of his former slaves stayed and helped farm, but his sons also helped and their school years were shortened. Talbert, the oldest son by Samuel's second wife Mary Jane, told the story of having a third grade education because he had to help on the farm instead of going to school.

According to Talbert, when his father died he made a stipulation that any descendent of his slaves could live on the farm rent free, and tax free for the rest of their life, if they so choose. One descendent did remain and was the last, dying about 1960.
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Jonesboro Herald and Tribune, Wednesday, April 30, 1902:

Transcription of original newspaper clipping of his obituary:

SUDDEN DEATHS

On the afternoon of the 23d two other sudden deaths occurred on the Fall Branch road, some nine or ten miles west of this place. The first was Samuel K. Tadlock, about seventy years of age. Mr. Tadlock had been in poor health for a long time, but died rather suddenly. Shortly after his death Mrs. Nancy Jane Tadlock Good, his sister, called at the house and went into the room where the body lay and took her last look at the face of her brother, left the room and walked out into the yard and fell dead. Her grief was too acute and induced heart failure, it is thought.
The death of these people in so unexpected a manner has produced a realization of the uncertainty of life and the absolute certainty of death, which comes at such time as no one may know, and selects his victims with unrelenting hand.