Complex sentence: In 1873, four years after Elizabeth's death, Captain Goodwill relocated from Claiborne Parish, where he was a large property owner, to Minden with his second wife, the former Ida Victoria Hill (1838-1937), a native of Arkansas.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1873, four years after Elizabeth's death, Captain Goodwill relocated from Claiborne Parish, where he was a large property owner, to Minden. He was joined by his second wife, the former Ida Victoria Hill (1838-1937), a native of Arkansas.