▁Mark s ▁formed ▁a ▁new ▁law ▁partners hip ▁with ▁Col yar ▁and ▁John ▁Child ress , ▁Jr ., ▁known ▁as ▁Col yar , ▁Mark s ▁and ▁Child ress . ▁ ▁This ▁firm ▁operated ▁until ▁ 1 8 8 3 . ▁ ▁Mark s ▁remained ▁active ▁in ▁politics ▁in ▁his ▁later ▁years . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁an ▁elect or ▁for ▁the ▁Democratic ▁president ial ▁ticket ▁for ▁Tennessee ' s ▁at - large ▁district ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 8 , ▁and ▁attended ▁the ▁Democratic ▁National ▁Convention ▁later ▁that ▁year . ▁ ▁Mark s ▁died ▁at ▁the ▁Max well ▁House ▁Hotel ▁in ▁Nash ville ▁on ▁November ▁ 4 , ▁ 1 8 9 1 . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁inter red ▁in ▁the ▁Win chester ▁City ▁C emetery . ▁ ▁Family ▁and ▁legacy ▁ ▁Mark s ▁married ▁Nov ella ▁Davis ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 3 , ▁while ▁he ▁was ▁recover ing ▁from ▁his ▁injury ▁received ▁at ▁the ▁Battle ▁of ▁St ones ▁River . ▁ ▁They ▁had ▁become ▁engaged ▁prior ▁to ▁this ▁battle , ▁and ▁after ▁his ▁leg ▁was ▁am put ated , ▁he ▁offered ▁to ▁release ▁her ▁from ▁the ▁eng agement , ▁but ▁she ▁refused . ▁ ▁They ▁had ▁two ▁children , ▁Arthur ▁Hand ly ▁Mark s ▁and ▁Albert ▁Davis ▁Mark s . ▁ ▁Mark s ▁lived ▁on ▁a ▁plant ation ▁near ▁Win chester ▁he ▁had ▁purchased ▁around ▁ 1 8 7 0 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 9 , ▁his ▁son , ▁Arthur , ▁began ▁building ▁a ▁massive ▁house ▁at ▁this ▁plant