Isabella was African-American, and given her Tryon grandfather's birth date and place, he had probably been born into slavery.
Sources
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN1P-1HR : accessed 27 January 2018), Izebella Tryon in household of A T Tryon, Okemah, Okfuskee, Oklahoma, United States; citing ED 152, sheet 2B, line 73, family 36, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1478; FHL microfilm 1,821,478.
"Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2MJ-3KJV : 17 May 2016), Isabella Hunt, 26 Mar 1978; citing Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference , record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm
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