Complex sentence: Dixie Selden, named for the song "Dixie Land", was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, one of three children of John Roger Selden and Martha Peyton McMillon Selden.
Split into simpler sentences: Dixie Selden, named for the song "Dixie Land", was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was one of three children of John Roger Selden and Martha Peyton McMillon Selden.