Complex sentence: Weaver was born in Joplin, Missouri, the son of Lena Prather (1892--1970) and Walter Weaver (1890--1967), of Irish, Scottish, English, Cherokee and Osage ancestry.
Split into simpler sentences: Weaver was born in Joplin, Missouri, son of Walter Weaver and his wife Lena Prather. His father was of Irish, Scottish, English, Cherokee and Osage ancestry.