The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 1090 

ALVIN L. DUNCAN, D. D. S.

Dr. Alvin L. Duncan has been actively and successfully engaged in the practice
of dentistry at Cle Elum since September, 1913, and is widely recognized as an
able representative of his profession. His birth occurred in Louisa county,
Iowa, On the 5th of November, 1881, his parents being Joseph J. and Ida L.
(Stopp) Duncan. The father, also a native of Louisa county, Iowa, was a son of
Kennedy Duncan, who removed to the Hawkeye state in pioneer times and there took
up a tract of government land. Joseph J. Duncan has passed away and his widow
now makes her home with her son Alvin.

In preparation for his chosen profession Alvin L. Duncan entered the College of
Dentistry of the State University of Iowa at Iowa City, being graduated on the
completion of his course in 1904. He opened an office at Sanborn, Iowa, where he
remained for seven years and then did not practice for a year. In 1912 he came
to Washington, locating first at Selah, while in September, 1913. he removed to
Cle Elum, where he has continued to the present time. As a dental practitioner
he has demonstrated his skill and ability and has long enjoyed a large and
lucrative patronage.

In 1907 Dr. Duncan was united in marriage to Miss Caroline Austin, a native of
Emmet county, Iowa, and a daughter of William and Jennie (Lines) Austin. They
have become the parents of two children, Dorothy and Joseph.

The Doctor is a republican in his political views but in exercising his right of
franchise does not consider himself bound by party ties, always considering the
capability of a candidate rather than his party affiliations. Fraternally he is
identified with the Masons, the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the
Fraternal Order of Eagles. His life is upright and honorable in every relation
and he has won an extensive circle of warm friends during the period of his
residence in the Yakima valley.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in January 2008 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.