We met for a delicious Chinese feast at 10th and Race in Philadelphia's Chinatown one month ago. Some of the conversation focused on Mathias Nickels, who fought for
the Union in the Civil War and died in an Old Soldier's home in Ohio.
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Thursday, August 4, 2011
Meeting Distant Family from California: The Belz-Faulkner-Nickels Connection
We met for a delicious Chinese feast at 10th and Race in Philadelphia's Chinatown one month ago. Some of the conversation focused on Mathias Nickels, who fought for
the Union in the Civil War and died in an Old Soldier's home in Ohio.
