Complex sentence: When Burt moved to Michigan, where he lived from 1822 until his death in 1858, he came into the acquaintance of influential prominent men in the area who urged him to settle in the city of Detroit.
Split into simpler sentences: When Burt moved to Michigan, where he lived from 1822 until his death in 1858. Here he came into the acquaintance of influential prominent men in the area who urged him to settle in the city of Detroit.