Harold D. Mitchener was born on Sunday, October 23, 1938, to Harold G. Mitchener and Lutie Dodson at the Harriman Hospital on Wilson Ave in Bristol, built to tend to the injured from Harriman Shipyard during World War I. He grew up on 528 Swain Street, his mother was a homemaker, and his father was a personal manager for a firm in Philadelphia, a member of the town council, and a member of the number 3 fire company. His family attended the Bristol Methodist Church on Mulberry Street. Harold’s father passed when he was ten years old. He kept busy while in school, taking piano lessons and participating in Bicycle Club, Boy Scouts, Safety Patrol, Bowling Club, Roller Skating Club, Choir, Drama Club, and High- Y Club He attended Bath Street School, the Wood Street School, Jefferson Avenue School, and Bristol Highschool, playing the Hammond Organ for the High School Graduation in the Grand Theater on Mill Street in 1956. Harold attended West Chester University and received his master's degree from Trenton State College, now the College of New Jersey. Harold taught Social Studies and Geography at the Bensalem School District. Continuing to serve his school, he ran the School Store, helped with the Drama club, acted as assistant principal for a year, and later worked in the administrative offices.

Carol Houser was born in her family home at 1143 Bath Road in Bristol Township. Her mother was a nurse, and her father sold coal and fuel oil. Carol was christened in the Bristol Methodist at 201 Mulberry Street. Carol attended the Laurel Bend School (the present Bristol Township police and municipal building) until third grade. She attended Delhaas Highschool, played clarinet in the marching band, and was valedictorian of her class in 1956. she received her BS in Elementary Education from Kutztown State College and her master’s degree from Boston University. Her thesis was teaching the old Art masters to elementary Children. The Bristol Township School District hired Carol; her first job was at the Maple Shade Elementary School on Newport Road. After teaching various grades, she worked with the gifted students at Maple Shade and Lincoln Elementary School behind Lower Bucks Hospital. The Lincoln and Maple Shade schools have been removed and combined at the former Mary Divine school off State Road

Harold and Carol married on June 26, 1964, at the Bristol Methodist Church, and the couple purchased their first home, 19 Palmer Avenue, later 2062 Palmer. In 1967 they were charter members of the Radcliffe Historical Society, later renamed the Bristol Cultural and Historical Foundation. Harold, at one time, was the President of the organization. Carol was for many years the chairperson of the Annual Tea and baked for many of the organization's events. Both wrote articles for the newsletter, for which Harold was an editor for 30 years. Both were guest speakers for Rotary meetings in Bristol, Bensalem, and Levittown and made a presentation about Bristol's History in Burlington, NJ. They served as Advisors for the Youth Group at the church they married, the Bristol Methodist Church. They both taught Sunday School and sang in the church choir. They even took the group to a camp in the Pocono Mountains in winter to skate on the frozen lake and sled down the side of a hill. They both played in the handbell choir, which Carol directed for a time, and took the group to bell conventions at Patterson College in NJ. They also sang in a large Ocean Grove, NJ choir, accompanied by Dr. Turk on the Pipe Organ. They used their home for the America Host Program, hosting teachers from Germany, England, Sweden, and Luxembourg. They later hosted students from a variety of countries. They joined the Road Scholar program to travel to several U. S. and Canadian States and to Some European countries, Africa, China, Australia, and South and Central America. Their last trip was to Iceland. Carol's parents had a home on Long Beach Island, NJ. As a girl, she was a waitress in an Italian restaurant. She would point out the restaurant when they visited her parent's home. After 33 years of teaching, they began volunteering at the Grundy Library in 1997. The couple dedicated their time to Bristol and teaching the History of Bristol, giving presentations at Bristol High School, giving their time to BCHF, and even authoring a book called, Images of America- Bristol. When the Bristol Riverside Theatre opened, they purchased tickets and continue to do so. When they lived on Palmer Ave, they had a dog named Bingo, who lived with them for 14 ½ years, moving with them to 2299 Seabird Drive. Carol volunteered at the library until 2019. She passed away on October 5th, 2020. Gene Williams of the Grundy Foundation acted as a pallbearer. Carol is buried in Bristol Cemetery. Harold found an article for the BCHF newsletter in her drawer and published it posthumously.