Complex sentence: Scurlock, for instance, moved to Texas, where he settled down and raised a family, eventually having ten children and managing the local mail station; he died in Eastland, Texas, at 80 years old.
Split into simpler sentences: Scurlock, for instance, moved to Texas, where he settled down and raised a family. He and his wife had 10 children and he managed the local mail station; he died in Eastland, Texas, at 80 years old.