Complex sentence: The citizens of Mobile presented Semmes with what became known as the Raphael Semmes House in 1871, and it remained his residence until his death; he died in 1877 and was interred in Mobile's Old Catholic Cemetery.
Split into simpler sentences: The citizens of Mobile presented Semmes with what became known as the Raphael Semmes House in 1871, and it remained his residence until his death. He died in 1877 and was interred in Mobile's Old Catholic Cemetery.