Caulder Meaders

Caulder Meaders was born in 1887 and grew up making pottery in the family shop. But as a young man, adventure called and he became a brakeman for the railroad. He moved out west to Montana, married a woman from there and had three daughters. Tragically, during the 1930’s, his wife was killed in an automobile crash and Caulder lost his hand in a railroad accident.    Caulder moved back to Georgia, married Bertha Hamilton and had one son, Jack Meaders, who became a potter in the latter years of his life. During the rest of his life, Caulder spent time in the shops of his brothers, but never established his own pottery kiln due to the loss of his arm. Although he was never really a potter after his accident, his nephew, Edwin says he still wanted to be. “He’d hang around his brother’s shops and every once in a while, he’s turn a little flat piece like a plate or something. Even though he couldn’t do much, he still couldn’t keep completely out of that clay.”    He died in 1947 and is buried at Mossy Creek.