When Wesley Bramlett Burdette was born on 20 January 1815, in Dials Township, Laurens, South Carolina, United States, his father, Frederick Reuben Burdette, was 27 and his mother, Elizabeth Bramlett, was 29. He married Anna Irene Curry about 1841, in Laurens, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Laurens, Laurens, South Carolina, United States for about 20 years. He died on 14 April 1877, in Laurens, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Dials Cemetery, Gray Court, Laurens, South Carolina, United States.
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English: altered form of Burdett .
Altered form of French Burdet, a cognate of Burdin . Altered ending reflects the Canadian and American French practice of sounding the final -t.
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