Complex sentence: Morse was born Lena Corinne Taylor in Cove, Oregon, the ninth of twelve children (and the third daughter) of Pleasant John Taylor, a local pastor, and his wife Olive Higgins Fleming.
Split into simpler sentences: Morse was born Lena Corinne Taylor in Cove, Oregon. She was the ninth of twelve children (and the third daughter) of Pleasant John Taylor, a local pastor, and his wife Olive Higgins Fleming.