I have a book
"Lloyd's Steamboat Directory, and Disasters on the Western Waters, Containing the History of the First Application of Steam . . . . . A Complete List of Steamboats and All other Vessels Now Afloat on the Western Rivers and Lakes . . . . "
Cincinnati, Ohio, James T. Lloyd & Co. , 1856, copy of Mar. 16, 1927, University of Michigan, University Library
The Michigan Historical Reprint Series
It contains lists of Pilots and Engineers including their departure ports. At least a place to start.