Complex sentence: Brandegee was born Mary Katharine Layne on October 28,1844, the second child of ten to Mary Morris Layne, a housewife, and Marshall Layne, a farmer.
Split into simpler sentences: Brandegee was born Mary Katharine Layne on October 28,1844. She was the second child to Mary Morris Layne, a housewife, and Marshall Layne, a farmer.