William Wadley (1825-1912) served a mission in England for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

William Wadley was born in October 8, 1825, in Newent, Gloucester, England. He was the oldest son of Edward Wadley and Ann Reynolds. When he was nineteen-years-old, he left England to mine coal in Wales. He first encountered The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Wales and was baptized in 1848. He was soon set apart to preach the gospel, first in Wales, then in England. Then, in 1853, he was ready to gather to Zion. He arrived in Salt Lake City on September 23, 1853. On July 31, 1854, he was married to Mary Chandler in Salt Lake City. He took two other wives, Isabella McKay (married on April 8, 1860) and Mary Byard (November 8, 1869). He married both in Salt Lake City.

This journal contains daily entries from the years 1888-1889, when Wadley was serving as a missionary in England. Some cities he went to were Cardiff, Lawksley, Worcester, Gloucester, and Queenstown. By April 7, 1889, he was back in Salt Lake City listening to General Conference. Wilford Woodruff was the President of the Church at the time. Wadley was a farmer. He passed away on June 28, 1912, in Pleasant Grove, Utah County, Utah, and is buried in the City Cemetery there.