James Lord Pierpont "Pierpont, James 48, Eliza J. 38, Lillie 16, Thomas 8, Josiah 5, and Maynard B. 4." If Lillie is 16 in 1870, she was born in about 1854. In 1869, Pierpont moved to Quitman, Georgia. There he was the organist in the Presbyterian Church, gave private piano lessons and taught at the Quitman Academy, retiring as the head of the Musical Department. In 1880, Pierpont's son, Dr. Juriah Pierpont, M.D., renewed the copyright on "Jingle Bells" but he never made much money from it. It took considerable effort to keep his father's name permanently attached to the song after the
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