Complex sentence: The house was later bought in 1805 by Colonel Thomas Botsford, and his wife Ruth Lewis.When the town schoolhouse burned down, the house was used as a temporary school building.
Split into simpler sentences: The house was later bought in 1805 by Colonel Thomas Botsford, and his wife Ruth. It served as the town schoolhouse for a time; later, when the town schoolhouse burned down, the house was used as a temporary school building.