John Bell Keeble

John Bell Keeble (May 13, 1868 – October 10, 1929) was an American attorney and academic administrator. He represented the Louisville and Nashville Railroad for 28 years, and he served as the dean of the Vanderbilt University Law School from 1915 to 1929.

Early life John Bell Keeble was born on May 13, 1868, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. His father, Edwin Augustus Keeble, served in the Congress of the Confederate States during the Confederate States of America, and his maternal grandfather, John Bell, served as a United States congressman and senator.

Career Keeble began his career as an attorney in Nashville in 1889.

Personal life and death Keeble was married to Emmie Frazer; they had four sons (including architect Edwin A. Keeble) and two daughters (including Cornelia Keeble Ewing). They resided at 2114 West End Avenue in Nashville. Keeble was active in the Immanuel Baptist Church and the Monteagle Sunday School Assembly.

Keeble died of a heart attack on October 10, 1929, in Nashville, and he was buried in the Mount Olivet Cemetery.