The Weekly Advance, Ballard County, Kentucky

March 12, 1915

Once Leading Physician of the Purchase Passes Away at Blandville

Dr. D. P. Juett, one of the most prominent physicians and surgeons in West Kentucky, died at his home at Blandville, this county, at 12 Sunday night.  News of his death was received with widespread regret, especially to the medical fraternity and his close friends.  Death resulted from cancer of the stomach.

Dr. Juett was born March 20, 1836, on a farm five miles from Georgetown, Kentucky.  He came to Jackson’s Purchase and located at Lovelaceville, where he set up the practice of medicine, forming a partnership with Dr. George Stovall.  In the spring of 1864 Dr. Juett joined the Confederate army and was surgeon in the Seventh Kentucky Cavalry under General Bedford Forrest.  After the war Dr. Juett located at Blandville, where his geniality, affability and professional ability he gathered around him a large clientele.

Dr. Juett was one of the most prominent and active members of the Southwestern Kentucky Medical Association for many years.  He was a member of the Masonic lodge and held membership in the First Christian Church of Paducah.

Dr. Juett was twice married, his first marriage being to Miss Addie Cockrill.  This union was blessed by three sons and two daughters.  After the death of his first wife he married Miss Kate Cockrill, a sister of his first wife.  Two sons were born of this union.  Dr. Juett is survived by his second wife and by two daughters and five sons as follows:  Mrs. Ed Ashbrook and Mrs. Katie Clements, both of Los Angeles, California; Messrs. Ed and Albert Juett, of Blandville; John Juett, of Denver, Colorado; and George and Guy Juett of Atlanta, Georgia.

The funeral was held from the residence at 10:30 o’clock Tuesday morning and burial was in the Blandville cemetery.

With just a bit of research I uncovered more information on David Polk Juett.  He was the son of John Juett and Catherine Kendrick.  He first married Victoria Adeline Cockrill October 25, 1859, in McCracken County, Kentucky.  Victoria’s parents were John W. and Clementine C. Cockrill.  After his first wife’s death David married her sister, Johny Kate Cockrill, October 20, 1880.