The Topeka Daily Capital Friday January 12, 1951 Thomas C. Chiddix. Thomas C. CHIDDIX, 79, of Route 6, North Topeka, died Thursday morning in a Topeka hospital. He was born March 29, 1871, in Crawford County, Illinois, and had been a resident of Topeka more than 60 years. He was a retired farmer and a member of the Methodist Church. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Minnie Schaeffer, of the home; and a sister, Mrs. Martha King, Kansas City, Mo.