Complex sentence: Lemuel Shaw (January 9,1781-March 30,1861), American jurist, was born in Barnstable, Massachusetts, the second son of Oakes Shaw and his second wife Susanna, who was a daughter of John H. Hayward of Braintree.
Split into simpler sentences: Lemuel Shaw (January 9,1781-March 30,1861) was an American jurist. Shaw was born in Barnstable, Massachusetts, the second son of Oakes Shaw and his second wife Susanna, who was a daughter of John H. Hayward of Braintree.