Vall,
Don't give up now, "if you snooze, you loose". I know, from searching for ancestors, that a name is very often shared by family members and also other family members often keep the "old home place"( and therefore the address). Even if the one you are searching for has passed, family may have a wealth of information. You don't want to find them the day after they carried "a lot of old papers , parts, and worn out tools" to the land fill.
Mike