Complex sentence: His Civil War friend George Fox followed him to Ovid, where on February 13th, 1871 Fox was the master carpenter on a 22-man team building Ovid's First Congregational Church.
Split into simpler sentences: His Civil War friend George Fox followed him to Ovid. On February 13th, 1871, Fox was the master carpenter on a 22-man team building Ovid's First Congregational Church.