Complex sentence: Lawrence Sullivan Ross was born on September 27,1838 in Bentonsport, Iowa Territory, the fourth child and second son of Shapley Prince Ross and Catherine Fulkerson, the daughter of Missouri legislator Isaac Fulkerson.
Split into simpler sentences: Lawrence Sullivan Ross was born on September 27,1838 in Bentonsport, Iowa Territory. He was the fourth child and second son of Shapley Prince Ross and Catherine Fulkerson, the daughter of Missouri legislator Isaac Fulkerson.