Complex sentence: David Crockett was the fifth of nine children of John Crockett and Rebecca Hawkins, and he was named after his paternal grandfather, who was killed in 1777 at his home near today's Rogersville, Tennessee, by Cherokee Indians led by Dragging Canoe.
Split into simpler sentences: David Crockett was the fifth of nine children of John Crockett and Rebecca Hawkins. He was named after his paternal grandfather, who was killed in 1777 at his home near today's Rogersville, Tennessee, by Cherokee Indians led by Dragging Canoe.