Simplify the following text for a Grade 6 native English-speaking person.
Original: Early in 1831 he went as assistant to the aged pastor of the village of LÃ 1\/4 tzelflÃ 1\/4 h , in the Upper Emmental ( between Langnau and Burgdorf ) , being soon elected his successor ( 1832 ) and marrying one of his granddaughters ( 1833 ) .
Simplified: Early in 1831 he went to help the old pastor of the village of LÃ 1\/4 tzelflÃ 1\/4 h , in the Upper Emmenthal ( between Langnau and Burgdorf ) . In 1832 he was chosen as his successor .