Comments on: The John Pierpont’s Story: A Man Who Died A Failure

By: Andrew J. Folino

Andrew J. Folino — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:06:10 +0000

I would like to read some of these type stories

By: saedel

saedel — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:17:43 +0000

Elmer, thanks for dropping by. You’re right. You’ve got nothing to worry about if you live righteously.

By: Elmer

Elmer — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:39:06 +0000

Jingle bells, Jingle bells, Jingle all the way!!! The moral of this story hits the bullseye. Just keep living life righteously and you will be alright.

By: saedel

saedel — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:24:14 +0000

Hello Rich,

I’m glad somebody pointed this out in my blog. I sent you an email re: the inaccuracies of Robert Fulghum, and I’ll post here the same reply.

If you’ll notice, near the end of this post, I had already recognized the inaccuracy but decided to post the story anyway because I view Fulghum’s story as a fiction with good moral worth sharing.

Thanks for stopping by and commenting. I appreciate it.

Best regards,
Saedel

By: Rich Hopkins

Rich Hopkins — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 22:42:33 +0000

This story has since been discredited:

Mr. Fulghum is totally inaccurate in the facts he used in his story.

Poor research = poor author!!

My great grandfather, James Lord Pierpont is the composer of “Jingle Bells”. John Pierpont was his father, my great great grandfather. He was hardly considered a failure. If you will research his life, you will find you are wasting your sympathies!

Very truly yours,
Constance Turner