James Pierpont (1822-1893) was born in Massachussetts , and lived the latter part of his life in Savannah, Georgia. He is famous only for writing Jingle Bells. Today he is a one-hit wonder, and Jingle Bells is probably one of the most well-known tunes in all the world today. But James never became famous in his lifetime. He wrote lots of other songs, but none of them are remembered today