Jerome Monroe Smucker

Jerome Monroe Smucker was an American farmer and businessman who founded The J.M. Smucker Company in 1897, selling apple butter from the back of a horse-drawn wagon. He was of Swiss descent. Smucker, son of Gideon and Magadalena (Zook) Smucker, was born in Wayne Co., Ohio, on Dec. 5, 1858; he died on March 20, 1948. On March 23, 1890, he married Ella M. Yoder, of Bristol, Ind., who predeceased him on March 6, 1933. Early in life he accepted Christ as his Saviour and united with the Oak Grove Mennonite Church, near Smithville, Ohio, later becoming a charter member of the Orville Mennonite Church. He was an active Christian worker, serving the Sunday school as teacher and superintendent for many years. He was also greatly interested in the educational and missionary activities of the church, supporting the work through his prayers and liberal giving. He was a life-long resident of the Orville community, where he attained prominence by founding the manufacturing company which bears his name.

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