Captain James N. Nickels

James N. Nickels was the son of William Nickels & Sally Lancaster Nickels. He was born on October 7, 1828, in Searsport, Maine and died April 10, 1889, in Portland, Maine. He commanded the Brig Waccamaw, 1861; the Bark McGilvery, 1863, 1868; the Bark T. F. Whiton, 1877 -81 (lost on coast of England); the Ship Oneida, 1875; the Ship Frank Jones, 1876-77; the Ship Alameda, 1882-87; and the Bark Moonbeam.