Jerome Monroe Smucker

Jerome Monroe Smucker
BornDecember 5, 1858
Wayne County, Ohio, United States
DiedMarch 20, 1948 (aged 89)
Wayne County, Ohio, United States
Occupation(s)Farmer, entrepreneur
Known forFounding The J.M. Smucker Company

Jerome Monroe Smucker (December 5, 1858 – March 20, 1948) was an American farmer and entrepreneur who founded The J.M. Smucker Company food and beverage firm in 1897, starting out selling apple butter from the back of a horse-drawn wagon. He was of Swiss descent.

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