page 951 "Worcester County Biographies" Parkman T. DENNY, the cashier of the Leicester National Bank and treasurer of the Leicester Savings Bank, is a native of Leicester, having been born here, Dec. 20, 1851, son of Christopher C. and Anna S. (TYLER) DENNY. The name DENNY has been identified with the history of Leicester since the year 1717, when Daniel DENNY, an Englishman, on coming to America selected this town as his home. From Daniel the line descends through Samuel, Joseph, Christopher and to Parkman. Christopher Denny was for years a member of the well known firm of WHITE & DENNY,card-clothing manufacturers. Giving his support to the Republican party, he interested himself in affairs pertaining to the general welfare of the town, which he served as Selectman and in other offices. He also at one time represented this district in the Massachusetts General Court. As a trustee of the Leicester Savings Bank he rendered valuable service. For years he was a Deacon in the First Congregational Church. He died July 1895, his wife Anna S. TYLER DENNY was born in Boston. Of his children , two survive namely: Henry R. of St. Paul MN, a son by a former wife; and Parkman T. the special subject of this brief biography. Parkman passed his boyhood here in Leicester. Being studiously inclined, he was a constant and regular attendant at the public school sessions; and having completed a prescribed course at Leicester Academy, he entered the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, from which he graduated in 1872.