Isabella Tyson Gilpin, the Daughter of Bettie Humes McGhee Tyson and the beloved wife of Kenneth Newcomer Gilpin, was good, great, joyous, beautiful and free. The American heiress was also known to be a steel magnolia and an iron fist in a velvet glove. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1894/06/01 | Bettie McGhee, wife of Lawrence Tyson, gives birth to a daughter, Isabella Tyson, in Knoxville, Tennessee. | Born | |||||
| 1912/06/00 | Isabella Tyson, a boarder and a spectacular student, graduates from Spence School in Manhattan, NYC. Her science teacher, Miss Crowninshield, encourages her to go to college, but Gilpin write to her parents saying, "I don't want to go to college." | Education | Spence School, NYC | New York City | |||
| 1924/04/01 | Mrs Gilpin conveys Scaleby to her son Kenneth N Gilpin by deed of gift. | Home | Scaleby | Boyce, VA | |||
| 1935/00/00 | Isabella Gilpin donates the family estate to St Johns Episcopal Church as a memorial to her parents for use as a student center. | Home | UT's Tyson Alumni House | Knoxville | |||
| 1983/04/01 | Isabella Tyson Gilpin dies in Clarke County, Virginia. She is buried at Old Chapel Cemetery in Millwood, Virginia. | Died | Old Chapel | Millwood, VA |
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