Complex sentence: Charles Harmison was born in Franklin County, Illinois to Nathaniel and Lydia Harmison, and married Elizabeth "Bettie" Ann Smith (1827--1903) on May 4,1854 in Taylor County, West Virginia.
Split into simpler sentences: Charles Harmison was born in Franklin County, Illinois, to Nathaniel and Lydia Harmison. He married Elizabeth "Bettie" Ann Smith (1827--1903) on May 4,1854 in Taylor County, West Virginia.