James Lord Pierpont first of their children, Lillie. Pierpont's children by his first marriage remained in Massachusetts with their grandfather. In August 1857, his song "The One Horse Open Sleigh" was published by Oliver Ditson and Company of 277 Washington Street in Boston dedicated to John P. Ordway. The song was copyrighted on September 16, 1857. The song was originally performed in a Sunday school concert on Thanksgiving in Savannah, Georgia, although it has been claimed that Pierpont wrote it in Medford, Massachusetts in 1850. In 1859, it was re-released with the title "Jingle Bells, or The One Horse Open Sleigh". The song
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