Complex sentence: George became a farmer and took over Grovely Plantation, land that his father had purchased in 1842 in Brunswick County, North Carolina, later going on to serve multiple terms in the North Carolina Senate between 1893 and 1914.
Split into simpler sentences: George became a farmer and took over Grovely Plantation, land that his father had purchased in 1842 in Brunswick County, North Carolina. He also went on to serve multiple terms in the North Carolina Senate between 1893 and 1914.