Herbert married Mary Roberta Moorehead on 17 Jun 1916 in Bexar Co., Texas. Mary (daughter of Joseph Turner Morehead and Anna Weaver) was born on 6 Mar 1898 in Texas; died on 23 Mar 1993 in Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado; was buried in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. [Group Sheet]

1. Ruth Virginia Datson was born on 28 Apr 1918 in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas; died on 19 Jun 1999 in Fort Worth, Texas.
2. Herbert Forrest Dotson, Jr. was born on 10 Mar 1920 in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas; died on 5 Mar 2003 in Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado.
3. Joel F. Dotson was born on 15 Jan 1928 in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas; and died.