GUILBEAU, G. Arista, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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G. ARISTA GUILBEAU, LA PLACE.--Mr. Guilbeau was born in St. Martin parish
December 28, 1858.  He is a son of Alphonse Guilbeau and Ophelia Dugas,
natives of Louisiana.

The subject of this sketch was reared and educated principally in Lafayette
parish, where he married Miss Mary Rose Bernard, daughter of Odile and
Carmelite (Broussard) Bernard.  After his marriage he removed to Breaux
Bridge, St. Martin parish, where he resided for two years.  Since that time he
has devoted his attention to planting and merchandising, in which he has
prospered.  Mr. Guilbeau and wife are the parents of eight children, viz.: 
Ophelia,  Desamon,  Mary,  Rita,  Carmene,  Carmelite,  G. Arista, Jr., 
Blanche.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, p. 333. 
Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf Publishing
Company.