for governor later that year. Later life Following his gubernatorial term, Marks formed a new law partnership with Colyar and John Childress, Jr., known as Colyar, Marks and Childress. This firm operated until 1883. Marks remained active in politics in his later years. He was an elector for the Democratic presidential ticket for Tennessee's at-large district in 1888, and attended the Democratic National Convention later that year. Marks died at the Maxwell House Hotel in Nashville on November 4, 1891. He was interred in the Winchester City Cemetery. Family and legacy Marks married Novella Davis in 1863, while he was recovering from his injury received at the Battle of Stones River. They had become engaged prior to this battle, and after his leg was amputated, he offered to release her from the engagement, but she refused. They had two children, Arthur Handly Marks and Albert Davis Marks. Marks lived on a plantation near Winchester he had purchased around 1870. In 1889, his son, Arthur, began building a massive house at this plantation that became known as Hundred Oaks Castle. After Arthur's death, his son, John, continued its expansion. Hundred Oaks was occupied by the Catholic Paulist Fathers throughout the first half of the 20th century. The house was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 and documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey in the mid-1980s, and is currently maintained by the non-profit Kent Bramlett Foundation. See also List of governors of Tennessee References External links National Governors Association Governor Albert Smith Marks Papers, 1879-1881, Tennessee State Library and Archives. 1836 births 1891 deaths Governors of Tennessee Politicians from Owensboro, Kentucky People from Winchester, Tennessee American amputees Tennessee state court judges Tennessee Democrats Confederate States Army officers People of Tennessee in the American Civil War Democratic Party governors of Tennessee American lawyers admitted to the practice of law by reading law 19th-century American judges 19th-century American politicians