Complex sentence: In 1852 he was a vice president of the committee that organized the celebration of the anniversary of the Battle of Lundy's Lane, and was a director of the Buffalo and Niagara Falls Railroad.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1852 he was a vice president of the committee that organized the celebration of the anniversary of the Battle of Lundy's Lane. He was a director of the Buffalo and Niagara Falls Railroad.