Robert Glen Nish
Police Officer
Robert G. NishRobert Nish was born in San Bernardino on January 30, 1862. On June 4, 1890, Mr. Nish married Isabella Shelley-Nish and lived at 1268 W. 7th Street, where they raised two children. Mr. Nish began his law enforcement career as one of the original members of the San Bernardino Police force in 1905. In 1910 Officer Nish left the San Bernardino Police Department and went to work as a deputy sheriff for the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department until 1920, when he became a railroad car repairman with the Santa Fe Railroad.
Mr. Nish’s family became distant to the San Bernardino Valley area and his only known relative is his granddaughter, Mrs. Shirley Smith of Buena Vista, Colorado.
Officer Nish died on July 7, 1936, at Loma Linda hospital at the age of 74 after a long illness and is buried at Mountain View Cemetery.