Hawthorne, Julian, Ed. "The History of Washington: The Evergreen State from  
Early  Dawn to Daylight." New York, American Historical Publishing Co., 1893. 
p.  557.

DUNCAN, M. J., farmer, of Starbuck, Wash., was born in Arkansas in 1846.  His 
father, James Duncan, was a farmer of West Virginia, his mother, Sarah 
(Colbertson) Duncan, being from the same section.  He was educated in the 
public schools of Oregon, to which State he removed with his parents when but 
a child.  Upon the completion of his studies he devoted himself to farming, a 
pursuit which he followed for fifteen years.  In 1867 he went to Washington 
Territory, where he remained six years, and then returned to Oregon.  Ten 
years more of sojurn in that State suggested a return to Washington, where he 
located at Starbuck and engaged in farming and stock raising, an occupation 
which he still finds remunerative.  He was married in 1870 to Miss Nancy 
Miller, a native of Oregon.  They have five children.  Mr. Duncan is a member 
of the Odd Fellows, and a Republican.  He is a large landholder, winning a 
reasonable income from a soil which responds to his care, recognizing 
cultivation by quick and satisfying returns.

Submitted by: Jenny Tenlen

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