History:This portrait was presented by this family to the State of Tennessee.
Notes:Albert Smith Marks (1836-1891) was born in Kentucky and came to Tennessee in 1856, and admitted to the bar in 1859. Although a Union man, he went with Tennessee when the state seceded, and joined the Confederate Army. He achieved the rank of colonel with the 17th Tennessee Infantry and lost a leg in the fighting at Murfreesboro. He served as chancellor of the Fourth Chancery Division and from that office was elected governor for the 1879 term. His attempts to deal with the state debt were unsuccessful and he did not seek re-election. He resumed his law practice in Winchester and died in 1891. Tennessee Blue Book
