Isaac Guilford Wainscott was born on September 13, 1904 outside of the community of Cannen in Jefferson County, Indiana. It was a home delivery assisted by a midwife. The following is an account of Guilford's life as told to his son, Paul in December 2001. I grew up on the farm. As a teenager I ran what was called a "dead fall trap line" for catching rabbits, which we had for dinner, any extras were sold. I was named Isaac Guilford Wainscott, in school they nicknamed me "Ike" which I didn't like, so I was allowed to drop Isaac and henceforth was called Guilford, shortened to Gil in later years. In the days of my childhood our only transportation was horse and buggy (surrey) or farm wagon and a team of horses. We would go into Madison (Indiana) once or twice a year for staples. Most of our food was grown in a large garden. The buggy or surrey was used on Sunday for going visiting and church. I do recall going to Madison with my dad once and taking the paddlewheel steamboat down the Ohio River, but can't recall why. I joined the U.S. Army in 1926 and took a transport ship through the Panama Canal to my assigned station on the island of Oahu at Schofield Barracks. I was company clerk and rose to sergeant before my discharge in 1929. I was at Wheeler Field when the first land based plane arrived in Hawaii. The plane missed Oahu and came in from the west instead of the east as everyone was expecting. I married Ruth Brindell in 1929 at a funeral home in Madison, Indiana. We had two sons, Gene in 1930 and Paul in 1932. I worked as a field hand at various farms in and around Richmond (Indiana). I also worked at L&H Lawnmower Factory, Wicketts Service / Auto Repair Station, and at a tire recapping business. We moved to California after Ruth's mother passed on in 1943. We moved into my parents' garage apartment in Bellflower. I worked at U.S. Rubber Company briefly, but disliked the night shift so I left. I got a job at H.O. Molone Pontiac as an auto mechanic for about two years. I then opened my own garage business, "Gil's Garage", on Arkansas Avenue in Bellflower. I purchased my own airplane, a "Piper Cub Coupe", in 1950 with Grant Carfield and got my pilots license. I later upgraded to a "Luscombe Ragwing", then to one with a metal wing. I loved to do aerobatics and go on cross-country trips for breakfast, hunting or fishing. In the mid 1960's Ruth and I moved to Yucca Valley, California. In the mid 1970's we moved to Clark Fork in northern Idaho. I had a garden were I raised berries and vegetables. As I grew older and my eyesight began to fail I moved into senior housing in Clark Fork where I still live today.

Gil remained in Clark Fork until his death.