Simplify the following text for a Grade 5 native English-speaking person.
Original: Born Julia Boggs Dent at White Haven plantation west of St. Louis , Missouri , the daughter of Colonel Frederick Dent , a slaveholding planter and merchant , and Ellen Wrenshall-Dent , Julia was rather plain in appearance and squinted through crossed eyes .
Simplified: Her birth name was Julia Boggs Dent . She was born at a plantation near St. Louis , Missouri .