Complex sentence: Her mother was the daughter of William W. Williams, an architect of Albany, N. Y. An uncle of Mrs. Conklin, Asahel Dexter, was a captain in the War of 1812.
Split into simpler sentences: Her mother was the daughter of William W. Williams, an architect of Albany, New York. Conklin's uncle, Asahel Dexter, was a captain in the War of 1812.