Complex sentence: Ariel Serena Hedges was born in Newark, New Jersey where her father was a Presbyterian clergyman who had graduated from Lincoln University, Pa., and had organized churches in New York State.
Split into simpler sentences: Ariel Serena Hedges was born in Newark, N.J. Her father was a Presbyterian clergyman in that city. He had graduated from Lincoln University, Pa., and had organized churches in New York State.