In a message dated 98-03-04 21:59:33 EST, you write: << hing for any info on GGgrandfather RIPLEY,Charles. >> theree is mention of C W PORTER as "minister?" in a marriage rpt (pg 196 of old records) in Milford, ME, Penobscot Co. m. in Old Town 10 Aug 1884 by C. W. Porter. In the Index he is listed as Charles. Marriage Returns of Penobscot Co, ME prio to 1892 Edited by Ruth Gray, Picton Press, 1994 Madora