Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

Louis METTERHAUSEN, teacher, Beecher; proprietor of the Metterhausen Hotel; was born in 
Gilten, State of Hanover, Germany, Jan. 21, 1840 taught school in the above State and in 
the city of Bremen; came to the United States in 1865, landing at New York; followed his 
profession in the States till at last he located in Washington Twp. in 1869, at what is 
now known as Beecher; was its first Postmaster, conducting a general store at the same 
time, till 1875; since then he has followed his present vocation. Married Miss Mina 
KLUSMEYER May 6, 1871; Carl, their oldest, was born April 6, 1872; Charlotte was born 
Feb. 9, 1876.