Inside Decoys from Shelburne Museum

Informational inconsistencies with the Verity family tree

According to a blog post by Jamie Reason, conflicting information abounds with regard to the Verity family history and attribution of decoys to Obadiah Verity. In his paper, Verity family genealogist Richard Baldwin indicates the life dates for Stephen Verity as 1865-1950 and those of his father, Obadiah, as 1813-1901. In contrast, the Ward Museum's Artist Archive gives Obadiah Verity's life dates as 1850-1910 and makes no mention of Stephen in their listing of other Verity family decoy makers.

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