Complex sentence: Padgett was born in 1879 in Barry, Illinois and moved to Quincy, Illinois in 1894 where he began an apprenticeship at a blacksmith shop owned by John Reagan.
Split into simpler sentences: Padgett was born in 1879 in Barry, Illinois. He moved to Quincy, Illinois in 1894 where he began an apprenticeship at a blacksmith shop owned by John Reagan.