Cashion an kira shi ne don Roy Cashion na Hennessey, Oklahoma. Roy, wanda ya kammala karatun Hennessy Class na 1897, yana da tsananin sha'awa da imani da 'yancin mutanen Cuba. Jawabinsa na sauke karatu mai jigo ne " 'Yanci ga Cuba". Sa'ad da gwamnan yankin ya nemi masu ba da kai, sunan Cashion ne na farko a jerin. Ya wuce ta wannan yanki a kan hanyarsa ta shiga Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders a cikin Spanish-American War. A ranar 1 ga Yuli, 1898, an kashe Cashion ta hanyar harbi a kai a cikin sanannen caji a kan
San Juan Hill a cikin Cuba. An yi imanin cewa shi ne ɗan Oklahoma na farko da ya mutu a yaƙi a ƙasar waje.