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John Pierpont (April 6, 1785 – August 27, 1866) was an American poet, who was also successively a teacher, lawyer, merchant, and Unitarian minister. His poem The Airs of Palestine made him one of the best-known poets in the U.S. in his day. He was the grandfather of J. P. Morgan .
- Attorney, merchant, minister, poet
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Nov 17, 2020 · Perhaps one healing tonic that might relieve political depression is the story of John Pierpont. That’s because, by any standard, John Pierpont was a total failure by the time he died in...
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based on 3 ratings (rate this sermon illustration) | 1,567 views. Scripture: None. Tags: None. Denomination: Wesleyan. John Pierpont died a failure. In 1866, ar the age of 81, he came to the end of his days as a government clerk in Washington, D.C., with a long string of personal defeats. Things began well enough.
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John Pierpont was born in the town of Litchfield, Connecticut on April 6, 1785, and died at Medford, Mass., on August 27, 1866. He came of a well-known New England family of distinguished intelligence and character.
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Dec 15, 2014 · He left his wife and children in Massachusetts not once but twice: first for the gold rush (his song “The Returned Californian” recounts that failure) and later for Savannah. Soon after his wife Millicent died, Pierpont remarried, this time to the daughter of Savannah’s mayor.
Jan 1, 1989 · Have you ever heard of John Pierpont? As Fulghum explains, Pierpont was a failure at every job that he tried. He was too nice to succeed in the business world and he tried to be a poet, but wasn't very good. He fought briefly in the Civil War, but that wasn't for him either and he was 76. His life would seem to be a failure, other than one thing.
Dec 3, 2017 · John Pierpont died a failure. In 1866, at 81, he came to the end of his days as a government clerk in Washington, D.C. with a long string of personal defeats that Robert Fulghum recounts in his book, It was on Fire When I Lay Down on It. Things began well, he graduated from Yale, which his grandfather had helped found.
