Complex sentence: The county was named for Erastus "Deaf" Smith (1787--1837), a partially deaf scout and soldier who served in the Texas Revolution and was the first to reach the Alamo after its fall.
Split into simpler sentences: The county was named for Erastus "Deaf" Smith (1787--1837), a partially deaf scout and soldier who served in the Texas Revolution. He was the first to reach the Alamo after its fall.