Complex sentence: Lyndon Baines Johnson was born on August 27,1908, near Stonewall, Texas, in a small farmhouse on the Pedernales River, the oldest of five children born to Samuel Ealy Johnson Jr. (18771937) and Rebekah Baines (18811958).
Split into simpler sentences: Lyndon Baines Johnson was born on August 27,1908, near Stonewall, Texas, in a small farmhouse on the Pedernales River. He was the oldest of five children born to Samuel Ealy Johnson Jr. (18771937) and Rebekah Baines (18811958).