Complex sentence: He was ordained to the Congregational ministry on May 26,1870 and he preached in Edinburg, Portage County, Ohio, from 1869 to 1871; and at the Spring Street Congregational Church of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin from 1871 to 1879.
Split into simpler sentences: He was ordained to the Congregational ministry on May 26,1870. He began preaching in Edinburg, Portage County, Ohio, from 1869 to 1871; and at the Spring Street Congregational Church of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin from 1871 to 1879.