C. Frank, the eldest of this number, was born on the 24th of January, 1832, in Macungie borough, then known as Millerstown, and when a youth removd to Trexlertown, where he became a pupil of the village school. In 1838 he accompanied his parents to Allentown, and there continued his studies at both public and private schools. At the age of fourteen he chose as his life-work the printers' art, and served a four-years' apprenticeship in the office of the Lehigh Register. On acquiring his trade he remained associated with the paper as compositor until April 1850, when a larger field was opened in Philadelphia, where he remained until 1854. During the summer of that year he, in connection with a partner, purchased the Register and returning to Allentown continued its publication under the firm-name of Haines & Diefenderfer. This business association was continued until 1856, when, upon the retirement of
Mr. Diefeoderfer, the firm became. Haines & Huber. Having disposed of his interest in the paper, in 1859, he, with his father-in-law, A. L. Ruhe, purchased the Allentown Democrat, and has continued its publication until the present time, W. K. Ruhe having in the year 1865 purchased the interest of his father. Mr. Haines, by his ability and judgment, has succeeded in making the Democrat one of the most enterprising journals of the Lehigh Valley. Bright, able, and apace with current events, it is justly popular among the adherents of the party whose principles it advocates.

Mr. Haines, having from the first devoted his attention to the interests of his paper, has found little time for participation in affairs of a public nature. In religion he is a member of St. John's Reformed Church. He was married, Dec. 31, 1861, to Emma C., eldest daughter of A. L. Ruhe, of Allentown. Their children are two daughters: Ida R. and Sallie A.