What happened to James Jones after Johns Hopkins died in 1873?

As I discussed in post #14, James Jones came to Baltimore from Virginia in the mid-1800s to work as a servant, coachman, and waiter for Johns Hopkins. This post discusses James Jones' life after the death of Hopkins in 1873. In that year, Jones assumed ownership of a house on French Street provided to him by Johns Hopkins, and he was also given $5,000 in Hopkins' will. 

Johns Hopkins bought the lot and house on French (later called Front street) in 1849. When Jones started living there is unknown, but it may have coincided with his marriage to Elizabeth. Their first child, Mary, was born on July 27th, 1858, suggesting that they married before 1858. Between 1868 and 1875, Jones’ address is recorded in city directories as either “49 Front of Foundary” or “222 N. Front Street.” The 1870 census records the Jones Family living in Ward 8. 

James and Elizabeth sold the house on French/Front Street in July 1874 for $3,772, shortly after Hopkins died, and moved to Pearl Street.

From census records, we know that he married a woman named Elizabeth and that she had six children, three living to adulthood - Mary, William, and John. James died in 1893. His memorial stone was originally placed in Laurel Cemetery in Baltimore, adjacent to Clifton Park, where he lived and worked for so many years. Sometime during the 1950s the stone was relocated to Carroll County, Maryland, where it lies in ruins in an abandoned cemetery.