On 25 February 1858, Ennis Shackelford married Mary E. McTire in Essex County, Virginia. He was 27, single, born in Essex County and living there, a farmer, son of Warner Shackelford and Lydia Greenwood. She was 15, single, born in Middlesex County and living in Essex County, daughter of Wm D McTire and Catharine Paron. Marriage by Howard W Montague. [Essex County, Virginia, Marriage Register I, page 6.]