Complex sentence: At the 1813 auction George Brown brought the brewery and owned and operated it until 1818, when he sold the brewery to Elie Clagett, who passed the business to his son William when he died in 1848.
Split into simpler sentences: At the 1813 auction George Brown brought the brewery and owned and operated it until 1818. In 1818, Brown sold the brewery to Elie Clagett, who passed the business to his son William when he passed in 1848.