William Madison Wall (September 30, 1821 – September 18, 1869) was a Mormon pioneer, explorer, colonizer, military officer, and church leader[1] in Provo, Heber, and Wallsburg, Utah, and a settler of Utah Territory.

In 1842, Wall and his family were introduced to missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and were baptized.

Wall helped establish[3] the early Mormon settlement of Ramus near Nauvoo, Illinois.

[4] Wall was a lieutenant in the Nauvoo Legion and worked close with Brigham Young, John Taylor, and Willard Richards.

The treatment for Cholera was to keep liquids away from the patient to dry up the diarrhea but Wall rolled out of the wagon and ended up drinking deeply from a water pail.

Wall was called to be an early Bishop in Provo,[6] where he also served as a local military captain.

They marched as far south as Harmony checking on settlers, meeting with Indian Chiefs, and arresting a few Mexican traders.

[8] However, after around a year, he was ordered back to Utah because of a looming war with the United States.

One day he was ambushed by a Native American and was shot in the chest, however, the bullet hit his watch and deflected upward.