Need parents of William Riley Ables b. 1821 in AL and d. aft. June 1880 in Hodges, Franklin Co., AL. He may have had a brother Richard Ables b. abt. 1839. William Riley m. Clarasy Nichols b. 1838 in TN and d. abt. 1908 in Golden, MS. She was the daughter of Joshua L. and Elizabeth Nichols. They had 10 children born between the years of 1854 and 1879. They were: Paletha E, Mary Magdalene, George Washington, Louisa Adaline, William Thomas, John Merion, Riley, Jr.,Jasper Sherman, Margaret Lucinda and Calvin Ables.