Background
Durrett, Reuben Thomas was born on January 22, 1824 in Henry Company, Kentucky, United States. Son of William and Elizabeth (Rawlings) Durrett.
Durrett, Reuben Thomas was born on January 22, 1824 in Henry Company, Kentucky, United States. Son of William and Elizabeth (Rawlings) Durrett.
Student Georgetown College, Kentucky, 1844-1846. Bachelor of Arts, Brown University, 1849, Master of Arts, 1852. Bachelor of Laws, University of Louisville, 1850.
(Doctor of Laws, Brown, 1894, Georgetown, 1895, Louisville, 1896).
Practiced law, Louisville, 1850-1880. Member city council, 1853-1854. Served as park commissioner.
Participant owner and editor, 1857-1859, Louisville Daily Courier.
Founder, 1871, and president, 1871-1880, Public Library of Kentucky. Founder, 1884, and from then president Filson Club, Louisville.
Home: Louisville, Kentucky.
Member city council, 1853-1854.
Married Elizabeth H. Bates, 1852.