Complex sentence: Foster was born on March 2,1836 in Petersburg, Indiana, and raised in Evansville, Indiana, the son of Matthew Watson, an Indiana farmer, and the former Eleanor Foster (née Johnson).
Split into simpler sentences: Foster was born on March 2,1836 in Petersburg, Indiana and raised in Evansville, Indiana. He was the son of Matthew Watson, an Indiana farmer, and the former Eleanor Foster (née Johnson).