Complex sentence: Ogden served as a Colonel of the New Jersey Militia during the Revolutionary War, and was later prominent in the iron business, founding the Boonton Iron Works in 1770 on six acres of land located along the Rockaway River, near Boonton, New Jersey.
Split into simpler sentences: Ogden served as a Colonel of the New Jersey Militia during the Revolutionary War. He had become prominent in the iron business, founding the Boonton Iron Works in 1770 on six acres of land located along the Rockaway River, near Boonton, New Jersey.