Philip S. Dorlon
Born: December 18, 1868
Died: March 13, 1949
Married: Lillian Cadbury
Children: Philip S. Dorlon, Jr., John Harford Dorlon, Emily Dorlon, Elias G Dorlon
Philip S. Dorlon bought [Bywater] on Lake Clear in 1919.
Glens Falls Times, March 15, 1949
Philip S. Dorlon, 80, Troy Manufacturer, Dies Unexpectedly
Philip S. Dorlon, president of the Troy Novelty Company, Inc., collar manufacturers, and one of that city's most prominent citizens, died unexpectedly Monday evening in Samaritan Hospital there where he had been taken earlier in the day.
Mr. Dorlon, who was 80 years of age, was former United States Conciliator commissioner in this federal district and one of Union College’s most active graduates, having been a member of the graduate council for many years. He was graduated from Troy Academy in 1885 and Union College in 1889.
Joining the graduate council in 1914, he eventually became its chairman. In 1941 he was one of three men to receive gold medals from the college for distinguished service to it.
Mr. Dorlon began his business career as an electrical contractor and engineer at a time when electricity was little used, especially in private homes. Several years later he turned to real estate and developed the Westover Road residential section in Troy.
In 1916 he became president of the Novelty Company. In 1938 the late Federal Judge Frank Cooper appointed him Conciliator Commissioner. His work concerned aiding farmers of the area who were in financial difficulties. He served for three years.
Mr. Dorlon had been a member of the Troy Rotary Club since 1928 and was a past president. He was a member of Delta Phi Fraternity, King Solomon's Masonic Lodge and the Troy Chamber of Commerce.
He was a past director of the Troy Community Chest, the Salvation Army, that city, and the Troy Boys Club, of which he also had been vice president, and was also a director for many years of the Troy Automobile Club. He had served as vestryman in recent years of St. John's Episcopal Church in Troy.
Mr. Dorlon's wife, the former Lillian Cadbury, is dead. He is survived by five children, Philip S., Jr., of Defreestville, Elias G., the 2nd, of California, John H., of Glens, Va. and Mrs. Matthew Meyer of Washington, D. C.
Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 2:30 P. M. in St. John's Episcopal Church, The Rev. Bradford H. Burnham will officiate. Interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy.