Complex sentence: On May 22,1877 she married Jesse Wootten Booker, a Confederate veteran and later merchant, and with him had seven children, one of whom, Jesse Wootten Booker, Jr., would go on to become a city councilor and mayor of Martinsville.
Split into simpler sentences: On May 22,1877 she married Jesse Wootten Booker, a Confederate veteran who would go on to become a prominent merchant in Martinsville. With him she had seven children, one of whom, Jesse Wootten Booker, Jr., would go on to become a city councilor and mayor of Martinsville.