Sabina Celestia "Bina" MOULTON
Biography

Bina (Sabina) Moulton, the third daughter of Dan. A. and Adaline Moulton, was born April 12, 1841, in Brunswick, Ohio.

She was educated at Wellington High School and Oberlin College, In 1859 she went to Des Moines, Iowa, where she taught in the High school.

In 1861 she married Captain Sam. H. Lunt. When the Civil War was declared he enlisted in Co. D, 2d Iowa Infantry ; he was made Lieutenant and later received the commission as Quartermaster in the field with the rank of Captain. He served until the close of the war, when he died suddenly in Mobile, Alabama, July 28, 1865.

Bina, with her baby, Sara, made an unsuccessful attempt to join her husband in Knoxville, Tennessee, but was persuaded by General Sherman, with whom she had a personal interview, to give it up.

Sara, their only child, married Walter M. McCain of Des Moines in 1882, where they still reside, with their three children. Philip Lunt, George and Gladys Moulton.

Mrs. McCain is a woman of great personal beauty and is much admired by her friends. She is also a devoted wife and mother.

In 1879, Bina Lunt, visited Europe, spending several months in London and Paris, and from there came many of the published sketches and poems that have fallen from her pen. In 1886, Bina married John Wyman, a well-known and highly respected business man of Des Moines.

Mrs. Wyman, possessing a cultivated and executive mind, organized the first literary club in Des Moines, and introduced literary receptions. She has always been interested in philanthropic work, and established a Labor Bureau for the poor. She was President of the Business Women's Association for two years.

In 1893 she organized the Emergency Club that went to Pomeroy, Iowa, after the cyclone, in a special train, and nursed the wounded and made garments for the destitute. Bina Moulton Wyman, a woman of fine presence and strong magnetic temperament, has not betrayed her ancestry. For her to think a thing should be done is the earnest of its doing. Her religion is helpfulness. None go to her discouraged and despairing but come away with fresh hope. What can I add? I have made a bouquet of her own flowers, only the thread that binds them is my own.

Mrs. Wyman is a descendant of Robert of the ninth generation.

Title Moulton Annals
Author Henry William Moulton
Editor Claribel Moulton
Publisher Edward A. Claypool, 1906



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