Bethunia Wall (maiden name: Perkins) was born around 1840 in Mississippi. She married William B. Wall around 1856, and they had at least two children: Sarah, born around 1857; and Mary, born around 1859. Her husband worked as a physician in Panola County, Mississippi, and by 1860, they owned $2,500 of real estate and $8,225 of personal property. Bethunia died in Panola County sometime in the early 1870s.