Complex sentence: Born in Austin, Illinois, Dickerman moved at the age of three to the Adirondacks; when he was six, his family relocated to Richmond, Virginia, where his mother later died from tuberculosis.
Split into simpler sentences: Born in Austin, Illinois, Dickerman moved at the age of three to the Adirondacks. When he was six, his family relocated to Richmond, Virginia, where his mother later died from tuberculosis.