Does anyone know if there is a list for men w/ the occupation as traders? Any trading posts established in Hancock County in the 1850's? I have a Henry Conn who is in this county of Illinois in 1850. He is listed as a trader. Story is he left Illinois around 1850 for the gold fields and he died (on his way there or where?...don't know). He left 4 children and a wife and by 1870 they are in Worth County, MO. Where were they in 1860? Don't know, but I am guessing Dekalb County, Ill. since that is where Henry's wife Parmelia Miles' father was living. There son attended school in Chicago...a music school. I need to check that out a little further. Anyway, can anyone help out w/ the trading thing? Thanks. Chancelee