Complex sentence: Also elected to the post of warden, on October 25,1762, was George Washington; he, too, would go on to serve as vestryman, attending frequent meetings at the church despite its distance from his home at Mount Vernon.
Split into simpler sentences: Also elected to the post of warden, on October 25,1762, was George Washington. He, too, would go on to serve as vestryman, attending frequent meetings at the church despite its distance from his home at Mount Vernon.