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FORM 3UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Brown James A

(Last)(First)(Middle)
ONE STRAWBERRY LANE

(Street)
ORRVILLEOH44667

(City)(State)(Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
07/01/2009
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
SMUCKER J M CO [SJM]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director10% Owner
XOfficer (give title below)Other (specify below)
Vice President
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
XForm filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Shares 5,475
D
 
Common Shares 3,274.386
I
By 401(k)
Common Shares 432.9678
I
By ESOP
Common Shares 57.5
I
By Wife
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)4. Conversion or Excercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date ExercisableExpiration DateTitleAmount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
/s/ Jeannette L. Knudsen, POA07/10/2009
** Signature of Reporting PersonDate
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
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THE J. M. SMUCKER COMPANY

POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that JAMES A. BROWN,
Vice President of The J. M. Smucker Company (the
"Company"), hereby appoints Timothy P. Smucker, Richard
K. Smucker, and Jeannette L. Knudsen, and each of them,
with full power of substitution, as attorneys or attorney
of the undersigned, to sign and to file Forms 3, 4, and 5
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, all
pursuant to applicable legal provisions, with full
power and authority to do and perform each and every
act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as
fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
officer might or could do in person, in furtherance of
the foregoing.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such
capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section
16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to
file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.




/s/ James A. Brown
JAMES A. BROWN

Date:    June 23, 2009

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