Complex sentence: Crystal Eastman was born in Marlborough, Massachusetts on June 25,1881, and her parents, Samuel Elijah Eastman and Annis Bertha Ford, were both Congregational Church clergy, and together served as pastors at the church of Thomas K. Beecher near Elmira, New York.
Split into simpler sentences: Crystal Eastman was born in Marlborough, Massachusetts on June 25,1881. Her parents, Samuel Elijah Eastman and Annis Bertha Ford, were both Congregational Church clergy, and together served as pastors at the church of Thomas K. Beecher near Elmira, New York.