Complex sentence: Hodges was born in Princeton, Indiana, the son of coal miner Charles and his wife, the former Irene Horstmeyer; he had an older brother, Robert, and a younger sister, Marjorie.
Split into simpler sentences: Hodges was born in Princeton, Indiana, the son of coal miner Charles and his wife, the former Irene Horstmeyer. He had an older brother, Robert, and a younger sister, Marjorie.