Complex sentence: Jessie L. Smith was born in St. Louis, Missouri to a prominent businessman of that city and Susan Fenimore Taylor, from whom she inherited her love and talent for music and who was related to James Fenimore Cooper.
Split into simpler sentences: Jessie L. Smith was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of a prominent business man of that city. Her mother, Susan Fenimore Taylor, from whom she inherited her love and talent for music, was related to James Fenimore Cooper.