Background
STAPLES, Abram Penn was born on September 18, 1885 in Martinsville, Virginia, United States. Son of Abram Penn, and Sallie Clement (Hunt) Staples.
STAPLES, Abram Penn was born on September 18, 1885 in Martinsville, Virginia, United States. Son of Abram Penn, and Sallie Clement (Hunt) Staples.
Graduated from the high school, Roanoke, Virginia, 1904. Bachelor of Laws, Washington and Lee University, 1908.
Began practice at Roanoke, 1908. Member State Senate, Virginia, 1928-1934. Member Virginia Commission to Recommend Liquor Control Legislation, 1933.
Attorney general of Virginia, 1934-1947. Appointed judge Supreme Court Appeals of Virginia, 1947. Vice-president, director Interstate Commision on Crime, 1940-1942.
Chairman Virginia Commision on Interstate Cooperation, 1936-1938. Member Conference on State Defense. Member Federal-State Joint Conference National Defense.
Director Council of State Govts., 1941-1942 (commission to draft State war legislation).
Member of committee on law enforcement of President’s Fire Prevention Conference, commission to revise Virginia Code, Commision on Post Morten Examinations. Member Richmond, Virginia State, Roanoke (president 1924) bar associations, American Bar Association (house delegations, 1941-1942), S.A.R., American Branch of Newcomen Society, American Judicature Society, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Sigma, Phi Delta Phi, Sigma Ribbon Society. Clubs: Shenandoah (Roanoke).
Married Jean Duncan Watts, January 5, 1911. Children: Jean Lee, Allen Watts, Abram Penn III, William Hunt.