John Pierpont "Autographs of Freedom" (1853). John Pierpont did not write the song "Jingle Bells" as erroneously claimed by Robert Fulghum in his collection of essays It Was on Fire When I Lay Down on It (1989). "Jingle Bells" was composed by his son James Lord Pierpont, who lived in Savannah, Georgia, and who was a Confederate soldier during the Civil War, composing songs for the Confederate States of America, including "Our Battle Flag", "Strike for the South", and "We Conquer or Die". John Pierpont was also the maternal grandfather of financier J. Pierpont Morgan. For detailed genealogical information, see 20>16232 in
Fred Pierpont at the time for the robbery of the South Side State Bank in Kokomo, Indiana. On May 18, 1925, Fred was acquitted by the circuit court of Howard County, Indiana on charges he aided his brother Harry in an escape attempt from the Howard County jail. Fred died in 1940 in an automobile accident. Fred was buried in the Pierpont family plot in Holy Cross Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana. Fred Pierpont Fred Pierpont (July 5, 1906–1940) was the younger brother of Prohibition era gangster, Harry Pierpont. He was often suspected and arrested for being a front man for his brother's