Joel Bonar

Joel Bonar was born in 1814 to Charles Van Bonar and Charlotte Charity Pribble in Menzie Bottoms, Pendleton County, Kentucky. He married Elizabeth "Betsy" Pribble.

They had children:

Lucinda Samantha Bonar, born in 1848.

Jane Amilda Bonar

Ethelene Buckner Bonar

Margaret A "Maggie" Bonar

He was appointed US Postmaster of Wright's Station, Kentucky on October 4, 1859.

He died on August 2, 1864 in Menzie Bottoms, Pendleton County, Kentucky.