Complex sentence: Grafton began his ordained ministry as assistant at Reisterstown, Maryland; and on May 30,1858, he was ordained priest, and served as curate at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Baltimore, and chaplain of the deaconesses of the Diocese of Maryland.
Split into simpler sentences: Grafton began his ordained ministry as assistant at Reisterstown, Maryland; and on May 30,1858, he was ordained priest. He served as curate at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Baltimore, and chaplain of the deaconesses of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland.