Complex sentence: Ursono was formed in 1836 when James Wood and his son Robert purchased a total of 2,083 acres at Davis Bend, located south of Vicksburg on the Mississippi River, from James' friend Joseph Emory Davis of Hurricane Plantation.
Split into simpler sentences: Ursono was formed in 1836 when James Wood and his son Robert purchased a total of 2,083 acres at Davis Bend, located south of Vicksburg on the Mississippi River. This land was bought from James' friend Joseph Emory Davis of Hurricane Plantation.