Louis Treichel, born in Schwesin, Germany, on December 22, 1870, came to America in 1889, settling first at Hammond, Indiana. He married at Hammond on April 11, 1896, Anna Paffenbach, who was born at Quincy, Illinois, on March 31, 1870. They came to Foster County in 1906 and bought land in Haven Township, the Northeast 1/4 of Section 18.
They were the parents of six children: Lawrence, Amelia, Gertrude, Lily, Marie, and Clarence.
The Treichels moved back to Indiana, where Anna Treichel died September 26, 1956 and Louis on June 4, 1967. They are buried in the Maplewood Cemetery at Crown Point, Indiana.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 57B