James Lord Pierpont

James Lord Pierpont composed Joshua's lesson piece Jingle Bells.
== Information on the person ==
James Lord Pierpont was born on April 25, 1822 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was sent to a boarding school as a child, but he ran away and joined the U.S. Navy until he was 21.
In 1845, he moved back to New Hampshire and married Millicent Cowee. Pierpont left her in 1849 during the California Gold Rush, and she died in 1856. He became organist at the Unitarian Universalist Church where he gave organ and singing lessons. During this time, he published ballads and minstrel songs and married Eliza Jane Purse.
Pierpont served as a private during the Civil War and wrote music for the Confederacy. After the war, he taught music in Valdosta, Georgia and later became an organist in Quitman. He died on August 5, 1893 in Winter Haven, Florida.
== Pieces ==
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* Jingle Bells