Edward Goubeaux is an American lawyer who practiced in Greenville, Ohio, as a partner of Goubeaux & Goubeaux. His practice covered general civil law, trial work, probate, banking, finance, corporation, and real estate law in Darke County, the western Ohio county whose seat is Greenville.
Background
Edward Goubeaux's professional life was centered in Greenville, the seat of Darke County in western Ohio. The county was created in 1809 and organized in 1817, when Greenville was selected as the county seat.
Greenville grew around Fort Greene Ville, which Anthony Wayne built in 1793. Wayne's 1795 peace treaty at the fort with Indian nations opened the Northwest Territory to settlers. The railroad reached Darke County in 1850, making it a major intersection for three railroads and strengthening its economy. In the twentieth century, the county's economy shifted from agriculture toward manufacturing and light industry.
Career
Goubeaux was a partner in the Greenville law firm Goubeaux & Goubeaux. The firm's practice, as described in the 1960s-era and later directory profiles, covered general civil practice, trials, probate, banking, finance, corporation, and real estate law. The firm states that it was established in 1934 and has served clients in Darke County for more than eighty years.
The firm's clients included local financial and cooperative institutions. Its general counsel engagements listed Second National Bank, Darke Rural Electric Cooperative, and Greenville Federal Savings and Loan Association. Greenville's economy at the time combined agriculture with light manufacturing, which shaped the business and property matters that county firms handled.
The firm later operated under the name Goubeaux & Brand, with Edward A. Goubeaux Jr. listed at its Washington Avenue office in Greenville.
