John Williamson Nevin (February 20, 1803 - June 6, 1886), was an American theologian and educationalist. He was born in the Cumberland Valley, near Shippensburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.. He taught in a seminary in Mercersburg, Pa. and was president of Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He was the father of noted sculptor and poet Blanche Nevin.
The history of northeastern Pennsylvania : the last 100 years : proceedings of the eighth annual Conference on the History of Northeastern Pennsylvania