Complex sentence: Barber was born in Aurora, New York, the eldest son of Christopher and Nancy (Barber) Morgan, and a first cousin of Edwin Denison Morgan, governor of New York in 1859-62.
Split into simpler sentences: Barber was born in Aurora, New York, the eldest son of Christopher and Nancy (Barber) Morgan. He was a first cousin of Edwin Denison Morgan, governor of New York in 1859-62.