Complex sentence: He was one of three commissioners of the court of Southern claims appointed by President Ulysses Grant in 1871 to adjust claims for stores and supplies and served until 1880; he died that year in Keokuk, and his interment was in Oakland Cemetery.
Split into simpler sentences: He was one of three commissioners of the court of Southern claims appointed by President Ulysses Grant in 1871 to adjust claims for stores and supplies and served until 1880. He died that year in Keokuk, and his interment was in Oakland Cemetery.