His famous written works in Cebuano were published in Visayan newspaper, Bag-ong Kusog.
At age 18, he married Resureccion Bangoy who was fondly called Lola Eccion and bore 13 children namely Alfreda, Agapito, Asteria, Clarita, Jesusa, Jose, Mariano, Pilar, Resureccion, Sincletica, Teodora, Vicente, and Virginio.
The Garces Ancestral house is still extant on Jose Rizal Street in Talisay.
[2] Garces wrote for the Vicente Rama-owned Visayan newspaper, Bag-ong Kusog,[4] using the pseudonyms Garvi and Kampisaw,[3] after the name of a bird.
His earliest published works included Kaniya Gibuhat ang Iyang Nabuhat (To Whom it was Done What's Done), Mahinuklogogng Paglubong ni Alicia (The Sorrowful Burial of Alice), and May Katarongan kang Imo Akong Hikalimtan (You Have Reason To Forget Me).