Stands 5'11", medium of build with brown hair, p blue eyes. One hundred sixty pounds. Generally wears a sack suit with shirt & tye. Has a slight worn dark gray low top hat. When on the move, he wears the oldest of his clothes.

Character Traits

• Fair and honest publishing. (+)
• Tough when trouble comes. (-/+)
• True to his given word or handshake. (+)
• When forced he'll stand his ground. (-)

General Personality

Phinn is a likable cuss unless a printed story sheds a poor light on you. He is, for the most part, friendly and outgoing. Generally likes people and considers everyone a friend until proven otherwise.

Present Employment

• Publisher/Editor: Kalispell Union Newspaper

Previous Work History

• Printers Devil 1843, Apprentice 1850, Albany Dispatch
• Pressman: Omaha World-Herald 1850~1858
• Columnist: Omaha World-Herald 1858~1861
• Columnist:

Professional Skills

• Top writer and typesetter with the Grand Island Independent, Grand Island Nebraska 1867-1874

Father: Angus McVay ~ deceased

Mother: Danielle Hudson (McVay) ~ Deceased

Brother: Logan McVay ~ Wrangler for the Rockin' G

Sister: Angelique Rose McVay

Wife: Elizabeth "Beth" Howell ~ Deceased

1843 ~ 1850

Worked as a printers devil and lived at home. His schooling was working the type cases, counting sheets a paper to be printed. His mother took care of his writing, spelling and the like.

1850 ~ 1858

Ran away from home at 17. Pressman ~ Omaha World-Herald 1850

1858

Columnist ~ Omaha World-Herald 1858~1861

Talk of secession was spreading throughout the country and being southern born and bred, Phin headed south to join up just as the war broke out. he was assigned to the Tennessee Mounted Rifles and met then privet Nathan Forrest.

1861 ~ 1865

He is a fair shot with either rifle or pistol from his time in the War Between The States. He served with  in the 3rd Virginia Cavalry and was transferred to the Army of Tennessee under Lt. General Nathan Bedford Forrest through his commands to the Forrest's Cavalry Corps. He discharged at wars end as a First Sergeant.

1865 ~ 1867

Fairly disillusioned, Phinn sort of drifted one meaningless job to the next until he found himself back in Omaha in where he did odd jobs until he saw an ad for a columnist in Grand Island.

1867 ~ 1874

Not only did he win the job, but he also agreed to take on a typesetting job for which he was well-trained.  Phinn emersed himself in the community where he met, courted, and married Elizabeth "Beth" Howell if a middle-class family For the next three years they were the happiest couple in Grand Island. However, the winter of '74 was harsher than normal, Beth took a fall and contracted pneumonia. She could never regain enough strength to fight it and succumbed.

Once the funeral was completed, Phinn sold the hose and everything of value. Bought a wagon, two mules, a saddle horse, an old press, and type cases along with paper and inks and headed west.

1875: Arrived in Kalispell, rented a vacant storefront, and set up the Kalispell Union newspaper.

Education Details: Possibly the 8th or 9th grade

Languages Spoken: English

Animals: A pair of grey mules to pull his wagon and black saddle horse

Character Concept: Every town needs a newspaper, Phinn fills the bill and then some.