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French Glass Pioneer Ford Ecker Remembered in High Point
Ford Ecker a Lorraine native born May 13 1857 built a glass business in New York before moving it to High Point in 1904 as Ford Ecker Glass Company one of the region's first southern glass firms. He married Elizabeth Brunnagel, had two daughters, was active in civic groups and a thirty second degree mason. He died in 1931 and is buried at Oakwood Cemetery. His High Point Museum memorial was donated by daughter Elizabeth Kalte.
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